“My father was tough. At least, he thought so, and I guess I have a lot...” — Lee Marvin Quote

“My father was tough. At least, he thought so, and I guess I have a lot of his traits.”

“In school, I couldn't see any sense to reading, writing, and arithmetic. Sure, they kicked me out, but for trifles, like continual daydreaming and smoking, that wouldn't be grounds for expulsion nowadays.”

“I know Chicago cops. They're tough. They have to be. The whole city would explode. It's like a bomb, Chicago.”

“Even the more you lose, the more you need to improve, I guess.”

“I guess you're only as good as the waves.”

“I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me.”