I've had a pretty good lesson in human nature. It's more important to try to surround yourself with people who can give you a little happiness, because you only pass through this life once, Jack. You don't come back for an encore.

I wouldn't call girls a hobby. It's a pastime.

I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.

If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

You ain't nothing but hound dog, cryin' all the time. You ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.

I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.