“(after coughing) I have… something. It'll clear up. Might take me with it, but we'll see.”

“The morning I got up to begin this book I coughed. Something was coming out of my throat: it was strangling me.”

“So Sophos thinks you're going to marry me."
"While I think you'll marry Sophos."
"I might. We'll see what he's like when he grows up.”

“(after coughing) …and then you cough and die.”

“It did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and I think it might take another one to clean up after the second Bush.”

“Whenever I see something that challenges me, I take it on.”

“It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.”

“Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes it'll on'y be one.”

“I know I'm going to Hell. And I think I might see a few of you there. When I get there, it'll be like (waving) "Hi", "Hi", "Oh my God…. Hi!"”

“There's something oddly satisfying about coughing up a particularly big mouthful of phlegm. Could almost let you skip breakfast.”