Many years from now when your children ask what New York City was like just after 9/11, this will be the book you give them in response. It's an exquisite novel full of heart, soul, passion and intelligence, and it's the one this great New York author was born to write.

Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.

My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.

A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward.

Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.

I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.

Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!