Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be." Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.

If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive.

I do a great deal of research, especially in the apartments of tall blondes.

There ain't no clean way to make a hundred million bucks.... Somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice little businesses got the ground cut out from under them... Decent people lost their jobs.... Big money is big power and big power gets used wrong. It's the system.