Drive fast, take chances.  Interpretation: Don't worry about breaking the emotional speed limit.  Rush headlong into life and enjoy every moment of exhilaration!

If tomorrow is promised to no one, why do we spend today building the foundation for tomorrow. The future may not be promised, but it may be filled with promise.

Beware of expectations, It really hurts.

Lack teaches you the importance of what you are lacking.

Prayer is a sacred act for all seasons.

Never judge the life of another man. You never know his struggles.

Satan knows your name but he calls you by your sin.

I'd like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.

Difficult economic times, often spur great periods of creativity and invention.

Perhaps you could call your cat Meow so it could say it's own name. Or how about Stupid Cat Get Out Of Here. That would really confuse it if you tried to call it over to you.

too great pity is the greatest cruelty.

Tod Goldberg has long been one of the most interesting writers around, and Gangsterland is his biggest and best book so far.