Nobody's reasonable when they're in love. That's the whole point of it.

Bad guys do what good guys dream.

It's not enough to do good. You have to be seen doing good.

Beauty, brains, and a complete psycho. My dream girl.

I write about power, that's my real subject - how you get it, what you do with it, how you abuse it. I'm equally wary of liberals and conservatives.

Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it.

Justice is a jagged road.

The more I know, the less I sleep.

In L.A., the only thing within walking distance is your car.

I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies.

If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules.

God does not bring two people together for the benefit of just one

So few grow, because so few study.

Fate whirls on the bark, and the rough gale sweeps from the rising tide the lazy calm of thought.

The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as much.

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.

I see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete.

Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator.

My altered perception of reality while on psychedelic drugs came as a total shock to me.

It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.