“Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.”

“In my world, people are always plotting. Youhave no idea of all the crimes people in business commit everyday. Like it was nothing. Or there’s a set of special rules for them.Remember when Bush made that whole speech about ‘corporateethics’ last year? What a fraud. You think stuff like Enron orWorldCom is an aberration? It’s only the tip. Business is a religion.Probably the only one practiced all over the world.”

“The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don’t vote.”

“People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.”

“It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.”

“If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.”

“From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.”