There is always room for losers in the football business. They are the mother's milk of gambling, and why not? Somebody has to do it, or there won't be any winners.

Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.

I was 22 when JFK was murdered, and I will never recover from it... Never.

I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again.

He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing. He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him taken away.

Who said anything about slicing you up? ... I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead-- nothing serious.