Heroes? Don't believe in them.

We got a right to climb out of the sewer and live like other people. We could start from scratch. Make every minute count twice for the one we lost.

We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense

If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.

Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.

I don't care if it's a mystery story, a Western, or the story of Julius Caesar. To me it's the emotion, the lies, the double-cross, whether it's Brutus doing it to Caesar or Bob Stack doing it to Robert Ryan that defines what kind of drama it is.

There's a difference between a Nazi and a German.