Birth is life's first lottery ticket.

I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

With torture ,as with making love, foreplay is the all important factor

Energy plus talent and you are a king, energy and no talent and you are still a prince, talent and no energy and you are a pauper

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.