With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.

One of the advantages of being dead, I guess, is that somebody else can edit all this.

There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.

He had come so far from himself that I don't think he knew who he was anymore.

There might be some serious fun in politics.

Though I was careful never to mention it, I began to see a new dimension in everything that happened.

One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time.