"The world was a race to Sammy. He was running against time. Sometimes I used to sit at the bar...and say, 'Al, I don't give a goddam if you never move your ass off this seat again. If you never write another line. I default. Al Manheim does not choose to run.' And then it would start running through my head: What makes Sammy run?" (5)

"I was just thinking about me. I just kept thinking nothing but me. I just kept saying Sammyglicksammyglick over and over..." (33)

"I told myself at the time that I was only eager to see justice done by Miss Goldbaum, but there was a lot of curiosity mixed up in it too. Morbid curiosity." (43)

"His form was smoother and his stride wasn't as jerky as it was in the old days on the Record, but he was still running all right. And...