“Yeah. Penicillin. You know that? It's made of mold. Pretty cool huh, how one kind of rottenness can cure another kind of rottenness.”

“Sometimes a soft touch can accomplish more than a thousand swords.”

“Life is art, Joe. Living is artistry. What we do, you and me, is artifice, but if it is artfully done, then it is art. What else is there but that which we create?”

“Reality is perception. Perception is description. Description is creation. Creation is life.”

“Devils and whores. It is bad luck to talk of such things without a drink in your hand.”

“I prefer a good honest whore over a dishonest wife”

“Life is a bowl of cherries. Some cherries are rotten while others are good; its your job to throw out the rotten ones and forget about them while you enjoy eating the ones that are good! There are two kinds of people: those who choose to throw out the good cherries and wallow in all the rotten ones, and those who choose to throw out all the rotten ones and savor all the good ones.”