“Small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected.”

“Why do we feel the need to disconnect in order to connect?”

“Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another.”

“A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.”

“It's not surprising that the disconnection from real sex becomes unfulfilling.”

“People, who are afraid of intimacy and connection (and thus vulnerability) tend to cope with those feelings by becoming an island unto themselves. They become emotionally unavailable and disconnect from the other person as a defence. To withdraw in a relationship is to commit emotional divorce. And the #1 symptom of withdrawal is lack of communication.”

“Look these bastards in the eyes, and if anyone attacks you, already decide who will be the one to disconnect the railing where you are, and beat the hell out of them, the no-good bastards! And if you don't have a gun, every one of them has one gun, two guns, maybe three guns. In self-defense, if they attack you, take their goddamn guns from them and use their guns on them! In self-defense. Giuliani is known for taking his police and sending them off in riots. If any one of these bastards riots here today, you take their nightstick the way they did brother Abner Louima and ram it up their behind and jam it down their damn throats!”

“The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”

“Learning the long lines and delivering them in one take was a nightmare, but Rameshji helped me as also the fact that I have a good memory. It is only when you become successful that you realize how everything contributes to your success.”

“Take two opposites, connect the dots, and you have a straight line.”