And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

People don't get to change things. Things change people once in a while, but people don't change things.

Stories are like assholes. Everybody's got one and most of 'em stink.

I've always essentially been a New Yorker.

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... 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.

Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?