You never oughta drink water when it ain't runnin'.
I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.
The craft of writing is the art of penetrating other minds with the figures that are in your own mind.
Every man in a bank hates what the bank does and yet the bank does it.
Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.
And you know what it is? San Francisco a golden handcuff with the key thrown away.