“I knew how wiseguys acted. I knew the mentality. I knew things to do a...” — Joseph D. Pistone Quote

“I knew how wiseguys acted. I knew the mentality. I knew things to do and not to do. Keep your mouth shut at certain times. Don't get involved in things that don't concern you. Walk away from conversations and situations that aren't your business, before anybody asks you to take a hike.”

“When you wear a wire, you're always in danger.”

“With wiseguys, you don't know a guy by his name, only by his nickname. You never asked a guy for his last name.”

“Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”

“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”

“If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business. You weren't in the movie business. You weren't part of Hollywood. This became clear early on; people stopped calling. They automatically assumed I was working exclusively with Clint.”