[Ronnie to Nelson] "For a guy who snorted an entire car agency up his nose, you're one to talk about con games." - John Updike

[at the hospital, Janice speaking to Dr Olman in Harry's presence in the ward] "What's wrong with his heart, exactly?" Janice asks.

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.

He showed the world what can be done against the odds, against a superpower. He showed — and this is where Vietnam and Iraq come in, that in a war between an imperialist occupier and the people who actually live there, the people will eventually prevail. They know the terrain. They have more at stake. They have nowhere else to go.