"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it."

"I leave out the parts that people skip."

"What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice."

"My grandson, Max, who is an all state lacrosse player, once gave me some lacrosse advice: A limp pass is like a limp …"

"After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's…"

"Well, the man don't just have to die, Foley. I mean, he could accidentally hurt himself falling down on something rea…"

"It's like seeing someone for the first time, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of r…"

"I know a guy who walks into a bank with a little glass bottle. He tells everyone it's nitroglycerin. He scores some m…"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."