"My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people."

"Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother."

"I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident."

"For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not."

"Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?"

"A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable."

"Leave the atom alone."

"She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book."