I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.

We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear

The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.

There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus.

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

No cop was ever born who wasn't a sucker for a finely-executed high-speed Controlled Drift all the way around one of those clover-leaf freeway interchanges.

When you write for a living and you can't do anything else, you know that sooner or later that the deadline is going to come screaming down on you like a goddamn banshee. There's no avoiding it...So one day you just don't appear at the El Adobe bar anymore; you shut the door, paint the windows black, rent an electric typewriter and become the monster you always were - the writer.