I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.

This is God's universe, buddy, not yours, and he has the final say about what's ego and what isn't.

For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.

Do it for the fat lady!

I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to.

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.

If I'd wanted this place to fill up with every fat Irish rose that passes by, I'd've said so.