I have never seen myself as leading for others. What's important is that I know who I am. Not completely. But I'm coming around third base.

... when things get rough, a breakthrough is just on the other side of the pain.

I think the hill one has to trudge in order to understand a man's baggage is more of a trek than I'd like to take right now.

bonding through dependence never works, whereas bonding through freedom always does.

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

New York was the only city I knew in the world where you could be desperately lonely at nine in the morning, crossing the street for a bagel at Gristede's, and find that seven hours later you were drinking Irish coffee at P.J. Clarke's with all the friends you had inherited along the way.