I suppose it's too bad people can't be a little more consistent. But if they were, maybe they would stop being people.

Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?

Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.

Silence is the sure sign that youre on your way out in Hollywood.

Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.

Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.

Unless we know people well, we sit around with our words and our minds starched, afraid of being ourselves for fear of wrinkling them.

You can't eat your friends and have them too

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.

The glorious light is sunshine.

A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.

What's plan b?' 'We all die now.' 'What's plan c?

I think there is no one answer. It is still a struggle, there are tensions and I'm sure there are many people who would like to see these questions laid to rest or cease to be posed altogether.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

I'm a gentleman, call me old fashioned if you want.

if you haven't made any mistakes lately, you must be doing something wrong.

I'm not a success, I'm a sensation.

My work is writing, but my real work is being.