In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.

Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

You're beautful. Yes you are, you're very very beautiful. Extremely beautiful.