He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession.

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

The glory of the carpenter is the tables and chairs he manufactures

Nobody knows what God's plan is for your life, but a whole lot of people will guess for you if you let them.

Grover started to sniffle and I figured if I didn't cheer him up he'd either start bawling or chewing up my mattress. He tends to eat household objects whenever he gets upset.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

The outlet for my sorrow, that I do feel deeply, and the pain, is the songs. That's where it goes.

I've never been reckless - it's always calculated. I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.

I really believe that you have to earn things. I don't feel comfortable unless I have worked really hard.

I love women, I think they're great.

Love perhaps includes the promise that when the mob comes for you I'll go against the mob.

One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.