“We tangoed every night, while I was blinded by the scent of you, I’m Frankie Slade, shoot my head, you held me back.” Lost LoveTangoRegrets Of The PastScent Of A WomanBlinded By LoveAl PacinoFrankie SladeShoot My Head Book:Letter 19 Source: Letter 19
“Every few blocks were vacant lots where victory gardens had been planted at the height of the war. By then, they were wrecked and full of debris. Once in a while, when you looked down at the sidewalk along the lots, you’d see a blade of grass growing up out of the concrete. That’s what my friend, the acting teacher Lee Strasberg, once called talent: a blade of grass growing up out of a block of concrete.” TalentGardenGrassConcreteSidewalkBronxDebrisAl PacinoLee StrasbergSouth Bronx Book:Sonny Boy: A Memoir Source: Sonny Boy: A Memoir
“I don't know what I expected – no maybe I do, Al Pacino from Scarface- but this drug dealer is more like Al Pacino at the beginning of The Godfather reasonably bemused, untouched by his criminal world, sitting with Diane Keaton whispering about Luca Brazzi, not yet asleep with the fishes, or like Al Pacino from Glengarry Glen Ross, although actually, now that I think about it, he's not like Al Pacino at all but more like Kevin Spacey from that film, and who's ever been afraid of Kevin Spacey?” HumorDrugsScarfaceGodfatherAl PacinoKevin Spacey Book:The Financial Lives of the Poets Source: The Financial Lives of the Poets