Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.

Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

Gambling is not as destructive as war or as boring as pornography. It is not as immoral as business or as suicidal as watching television. And the percentages are better than religion.

A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.

If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone.