Most people age too soon because they ain't tough enough, that's why. You gotta drink heavy and smoke good cigars so as to toughen up yer system. You gotta swear, get in fights, and raise hell to stay young. You gotta bust chairs over people's heads and paint the town red to keep yer joints limber. You gotta go out with fast dames and drive fast cars. You gotta break some of the rules. I know. I done it all. I still feel young and I got started at this game when Bogart was still a hot feature and movies cost 25 cents or less.

I can't figure why Bogart got old, come to think of it, cos he was basically pretty much on the right track. Bacall too. Geez. Maybe humans just ain't made tough enough.

It helps to be a mean bastard too. Most of the really mean bastards I've ever known just seem to go on forever if they don't happen to die by violence...