The kids accepted my drinking as a part of life. Not a particularly pernicious part. I didn't beat up on them. Basically I don't think I was so different from a lot of dads who have three or four martinis when they get in from work, wine with dinner and so on.

Nobody likes a clown at midnight

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.

Money talks, bullshit walks.

Mister, we deal in lead.

The sandwich he made was bologna and cheese, his favorite. All the sandwiches he made were his favorites; that was one of the advantages of being single.