The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I was.

It was a rotten time to try to be a man in America. Until Blue came along I’d never even spent time around a man. Hell, I’d never even seen one. Where were all the men in this once great land?

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

I just want to live my own life instead of everyone else’s version of it.

Over the years most of my peers had come to hate me—I never understood why. I guess I was just different and, like dogs, they could smell it. So I never had many friends.

Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.

Have you ever noticed how good things go to those who hate?

The simple act of sitting here sipping this cappuccino is its own testament to my commitment to living the writer’s life. Which is to say: doing nothing but doing it exceedingly well.

I wondered about my inner child. In fact, I was troubled. Did I even have an inner child, I asked myself, given that, in essence, I’d just been born?

I wouldn’t be caught dead sacrificing myself for this country.

When it rains it pours and when it shines you get melanoma.

Be with someone that makes you happy... STRIKE THAT...Be Someone that makes you happy.

Don't stare at the past or you'll walk right by today's opportunity. Today is God's gift to you.

Can't anyone ever start a fight without all the posturing and cheesy Bond-villain threats? It's not that hard. Here, let me demonstrate." And he smashed a fist into Colin's nose.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

Living New York, everyone has a million hustles, so I was doing party promoting, working the doors at parties, doing that whole nightlife thing.

The world will always punish the few people with special talents the rest of us don’t recognize as real.

Money is congealed energy, and releasing it releases life's possibilities.

Now we just really need to do the work, which we're doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.

No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them.

He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!