"I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world."

“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that a system that produces beggars needs to be repaved. We are called to be the Good Samaritan, but after you lift so many people out of the ditch you start to ask, maybe the whole road to Jericho needs to be repaved.”

“There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.”

“The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.”

Source : "Expressing 'the Misery and Confusion Truthfully'". Interview with Jackson R. Bryer, American Drama, Volume 14, No. 1 (p. 87), Winter 2005.

“If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass”

Source : "Analyst Larry Merchant to End Run With HBO Boxing After 35 Years" by Jose Martinez, www.complex.com. December 14, 2012.

“I can understand the allure of a venerable Big Six imprint, of a shot at the New York Times list, of a publisher-sponsored book tour, of seeing your hardbacks in bookstores and your paperbacks in supermarkets.”

“I think frankly when it comes to chaos you ain't seen nothing yet.”

“You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com