I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about those and the way that they can surprise you. And obviously to surprise people and to have twists in the tale, you have to plan quite carefully.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else

Savor the little moments, son, that's my advice. They're what life is. All the little things that happen while you're waiting for something else.

Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.

One act presses upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then we look up and find... this.