“It might not be so unpleasant, you know, to do me one or two favours in exchange for becoming a famous authoress.”
“There's two ways to become a famous Poet, find that one person that knows somebody, that knows somebody, that knows somebody.Or die trying”
“He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice favour runs in favour of two.”
“When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.”
“Stella's?""It's a restaurant called Bella Stella in Little Italy."He frowned. "On Mulberry Street.""You know it?" That didn't surprise me. It was a pretty famous place."Of course I know it, Esther. There've been two mob hits there in thepast five years, and Stella Butera launders money for the Gambello crimefamily."Okay, so it was notorious as well as famous.”
“Just don't die for me, you won't be doing me any favour !”