Bill Clinton does not inhale marijuana, right? You bet. Like I chew on LSD but I don't swallow it.'

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

All gamblers lose regularly, but they rarely discuss it in public. Losing is bad for the image, dude. Nobody buys Hot Tips from Losers. Remember that.

At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards.

Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It's a shabby, sprawling metropolis ruled by brazen women, crooked cops and super-rich pansexual cowboys who live by the code of the West -- which can mean just about anything you need it to mean, in a pinch.

In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.