There were good places and bad places to tell stories and there were of course stories that could not be told in any place on earth and these were reserved for heaven.

And, in the end, I knew there was nothing better in life than keeping the head and the heart up—and when you cannot see the shoreline, always putting one hand, one word, in front of the other.

If someday you should ever think of me and miss me, know in your heart that I'd want you to find me once again. No matter how distant in time or space... FIND ME.

If you want to lead an extraordinary life, find out what the ordinary do–and don't do it.

The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.

"Well-- I don’t know-- the cops might not respond too well to you looking through their windows with a telescope."

I do have anger management issues. Not clinical. Probably no more than most people.

We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.

If I announce the armistice and the Americans don't send sufficient reinforcements and don't land near Rome, the Germans will seize the city and put in a puppet fascist government.

I couldn't live my reputation down - all right then, I'd live up to it.

I think Donald Trump is now kind of in love with the idea of becoming president of the United States. I think he truly does believe that he can be the Republican nominee.

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.