Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body.

Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.

The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the banalities of everyday socializing.

You almost have to be a rock star to generate the kind of fever you need to survive in American politics.

We must have football. What would this country be without football in October?

Children are like TV sets. When they start acting weird, whack them across the head with a big rubber basketball shoe.

it's 12 amyl nitrites (one box), in conjunction with as many beers as necessary.