Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.

I never wore earplugs — that would have been cheating.

I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.

When I was younger, I was ready to go off at any time. My wife, Linda, and I would go out to the Limelight in New York, and I would see people and be able to freeze them with a look. People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.

Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.

If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't want him calling me up when I was dying. I wouldn't want them having regrets that they didn't talk to me.