A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

It's redundant to die in Los Angeles.

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

She was a triumph over ugliness, so often more beguiling than real beauty, if only because it contains paradox.

Of course people couldn't help but think I must be a bit of a dyke myself. And of course I am. Everyone is: a bit. So what? That never discouraged a man yet, in fact it seems to goad them on.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.