The Collective Quarterly

“A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. Except you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you’re talking about a half-hour or 45 minutes of digging. And who knows who’s gonna be coming along in that time? Before you know it, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all fuckin’ night.” —Nicky Santoro, played by Joe Pesci in Casino (1995)