Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.

I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.

Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same

I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.

Serious numbers will speak to us always.