I thought what I'd do was I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.

Sensitive. That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a toilet seat.

Nobody who's really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash.

... even the most sublimely accomplished non-stop talker can't consistently please.

I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete — that's what scares me. That's why I quit the Theatre Department. Just because I'm so horribly conditioned to accept everybody else's values, and just because I like applause and people to rave about me, doesn't make it right. I'm ashamed of it. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash.

Then again you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.'