A tall young man sped swiftly up the wide stone steps leading to the doorway of a mansion in one of Chicago's most fashionable avenues.

In course of time my first novel appeared. It was a love story.

He walked out without his money.The lesson to me was clear: hold onto your integrity at all costs. Never compromise on that.

Only passions great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife He would have written sonnets all his life?

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

I was the biggest, most hopeless and most violent drunk in baseball.

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.