You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went.

Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I'm a wealthy man.

I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.

The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.

Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed.

Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that.

I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man.

My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her.

I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright.

They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.

I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast.

You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went.

My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side.

My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets.

They, that unnamed 'they,' they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up-and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.

Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.

Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society.

Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation.

I like the idea of men's tailoring on girls. It's very strong and sexy in a non-overt way.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader.

This morning will never ever come back in your life again. Get up and make the most of it.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

My food is Louisiana, New Orleans-based, well-seasoned, rustic. I think it's pretty unique because of my background being influenced by my mom, Portuguese and French Canadian. There's a lot going on there.

I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.

I'm a troglodyte. I think that's the word for it. Like an old school weird person who throws bricks at their computers.

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.

'Escape Plan' did better in China than it did in the U.S.

My wife and I invest very, very conservatively.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

My last love is just like that thong peter griffin borrowed from me... Never getting it back.

I like everything to be dependable, heavy, English furniture.

I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go.

I'd go at anyone. I took all of my brothers' bull. It made me who I am.

I got to the point where I was sick of fashion again, like I was at the end of high school.

The difference between a reporter, a newspaper columnist, a paid speaker, a television personality, a radio talk show host, a blogger, a movie producer, a publicist, and a political strategist, is growing less - and not more - distinct.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

It's funny, because I don't have a very addictive personality in any way except for things like stories or books or movies or TV. I just get, like, completely enamored and lost in that world, especially when one really hits the right way. Like, I just can't do anything else.

I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.

I like to stay cool and comfortable. If I'm going out, then I might wear a nice sundress or skirt to keep from getting too hot.