MIke Lee writes with honesty, penetration, wit and the ability to surprise the reader with an unexpected turn from time to time that enriches the experience.

Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought.

In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself.

Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken.

I respect most boxers because they're violent people who learned to discipline themselves ... a good boxer is an artist ... Boxing is existential - some fights are better than others.