William Miller: Don't you have any regular friends? Penny Lane: Famous people are just more interesting.
Russell Hammond: Write what you want.
Jeff Bebe: Doris is the soul of this band!
Sapphire: Just think, any other city in the world and you'd still be a virgin.
Lester Bangs: Don't let those swill merchants rewrite you.
Elaine Miller: Adolescence is a marketing tool.
Elaine Miller: Keep the small bills on the outside and call me if anyone gets drunk. William Miller: I will call you if anyone *anywhere* gets drunk.
[Regarding the t-shirt picture] Russell Hammond: Can we just skip the vibe, and go straight to us laughing about this? Jeff Bebe: Yeah, okay. Russell Hammond: Because I can see by your face you want to get into it. Jeff Bebe: How can you tell? I'm ju...
Polexia Aphrodisia: Forgive me father, for I may sin tonight.
Russell Hammond: Don't worry, no one's getting hurt here. She knows Leslie's coming to New York tomorrow. This is the circus, everybody's trying not to go home. Stop looking at me like that.
Jeff Bebe: He was never a person, he was a journalist!
Sheldon the Desk Clerk: Are you Mr. Miller? William Miller: Yeah. Sheldon the Desk Clerk: [politely] You have a message from Elaine, your mother. [pause] Sheldon the Desk Clerk: She's a handful. William Miller: I know. Sheldon the Desk Clerk: [seriou...
Lester Bangs: The Doors? Jim Morrison? He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet. Alice Wisdom: I like The Doors. Lester Bangs: Give me The Guess Who. They got the courage to be drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic.
Lester Bangs: Iggy Pop! [smiling effusively] Lester Bangs: Amen!
Lester Bangs: You like Lou Reed? William Miller: The early stuff. In his new stuff he's trying to be Bowie, but he should just be himself.
William Miller: You said we were going to go to Morocco. There is no Morocco. There's never been a Morocco. There's not even a Penny Lane. I don't even know your real name.
Jeff Bebe: [to Russell] Your looks have become a problem!
[first lines] Elaine Miller: I can't believe you wanna be Atticus Finch. Oh, that makes me feel so good. Young William: I like him.