“Where there's an entrance, there's got to be an exit. Most things work that way.”

“September 1973, that's where this novel begins. That's the entrance. We'll just hope there's an exit. If there isn't one, there wouldn't be any point in writing anything.”

“There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things depend on work today.”

“There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea's asleep and the rivers dream, people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice and somewhere else the tea is getting cold. Come on, Ace, we've got work to do.”

“I can't work in a house where there's saints. The minute there's saints, the devil sends messengers”

“There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at.”