"My city, I can not deny her. My city screams. She is my mother. She is my lover, and I am her Spirit."

"She provides for me, my city does. She gives me everything I need."

"All the enemy has is gun to knives. I have the entire city as my weapon."

"I'm gonna kill you all kinds of dead."

"You're in love with every woman you meet, Mr. Spirit. You say lovely things to all of us and you mean every word you …"

"Entertainment Weekly: So, how have you modernized The Spirit?"

"One thing we did was, we were talking about how the Spirit is physically very strong and can obviously take care of h…"

"I went by our station on the way home... I like that sign. I think we're gonna be alright."

"[to Sonny about Lawrence Musgrove] You fucked him up! You fucked up that man's last walk!"

"I've always believed that a portrait captures a person far better than a photograph. It truly takes a human being to …"