"When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life."

"In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty."

"From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance."

"No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention."

"I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues."

"There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison, and other people just hate him regular."

"Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves."

"I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite, and a check mark on a ballot, I think that that's inappropriate and insensitive."