“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”

“The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.”

“Of all human lamentations, without doubt, the most common is if only I had known. But we can't know, and so days of death and fire so often begin no differently than those of love and warmth.”

“An overnight success is ten years in the making.”

“Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.”

“The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.”

“Most things in here don't react well to bullets.”