Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized. — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval, a $100… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
Everybody gets pinched but you did it right. You told them nothing and they got nothing. You learned the two greatest things in life:… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
For most of the guys, killings got to be accepted. Murder was the only way that everybody stayed in line. You got out of… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized. — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
“On one occasion Jimmy is said to have given the elderly, impoverished mother of a young hood five thousand dollars. The woman’s son was… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
