“If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it. ”

“Society had a crime problem. It hired cops to attack crime. Now society has a cop problem.”

“The prevalence of social ugliness made commitment to physical beauty all the more essential. And the very presence in life of double-wide mobile homes, Magic Marker graffiti, and orange shag carpeting had the effect of making ills such as poverty, crime, repression, pollution and child abuse seem tolerable. In a sense, beauty was the ultimate protest, and, in that it generally lasted longer than an orgasm, the ultimate refuge. The Venus de Milo screamed "No!" at evil, whereas the Spandex stretch pant, the macrame plant holder were compliant with it. ”

“Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.”

“Street Crime is the only logical response to America's drug policy just as terrorism is the only logical response to America's foreign policy”

“As they say in my country, have a nice day.”

“It was a bright, defrosted, pussy-willow day at the onset of spring, and the newlyweds were driving cross-country in a large roast turkey.”