It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

I have thought that men and women should never come together except in bed. There is the only place where their natural hatred of each other is not so apparent.

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.