From time to time, as if heaven-sent to annoy, someone will ask me if I'm self-disciplined when it comes to my work. I usually look witheringly at them and snarl, 'What do you think?' I mean, how do you imagine anyone writes a quarter of a million wo...
'The 5th Wave' is sci-fi, but I tried very hard to ground the story in very human terms and in those universal themes that transcend genre. How do we define ourselves? What, exactly, does it mean to be human? What remains after everything we trust, e...
Sylvie: That's no reason to get a divorce! With a rich husband and this year's clothes, you won't find it difficult to make some new friends. Reggie Lampert: Look, I admit I came to Paris to escape American Provincial, but that doesn't mean I'm ready...
Celie: He just climb on top of me and do his business. Shug: "Do his business"? You sound like he going to the toilet on you. Celie: That's what it feel like. Shug: Why then, Miss Celie... that means you still a virgin!
Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] Nicky's methods of betting weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go fuck themselves. I mean, what were they going to do, muscle Nicky? Nicky was the muscle.
Ellen: Oh Aunt Bethany, you shouldn't have done that. Aunt Bethany: Oh dear, did I break wind? Uncle Lewis: Jesus, did the room clear out, Bethany? Hell no, she means presents. You shouldn't have brought presents.
Carlito: [voiceover] There is a line you cross, you don't never come back from. Point of no return. Dave crossed it. I'm here with him. That's means I am going along for the ride. The whole ride. All the way to the end of the line, wherever that is.
John Murdoch: I was just thinking, what you do seems kind of dangerous right now. I mean, how do you know I'm not the killer? May: I don't. Why, you feeling any urges I should know about?
Prosecutor: Something must be done! War would mean a prohibitive increase in our taxes. Chicolini: Hey, I got an uncle lives in Taxes. Prosecutor: No, I'm talking about taxes - money, dollars! Chicolini: Dollars! There's-a where my uncle lives! Dolla...
Monsieur de Foix: [in French] She is a woman, Sire. They say one thing but mean another. No one can unlock their secrets. Duc d'Anjou: [also in French] Unless they have... a very big key! [laughs loudly] Duc d'Anjou: Yes! A *very* big key!
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Listen, I was wondering if you'd like to go out sometime, grab some dinner, maybe? Vampira: You mean a date? I thought you were a fag. Edward D. Wood, Jr.: No, no, I'm just a transvestite.
Tyler Durden: I look around, I look around, I see a lot of new faces. [crowd laughing] Tyler Durden: Shut up. Which means a lot of you have been breaking the first two rules of Fight Club.
Sergeant Prendergast: Get a positive ID on the gym bag. Captain Yardley: Prendergast, what do you think this is? [Holds up his own gym bag] Sergeant Prendergast: A gym bag. Captain Yardley: Does this mean you're putting me under arrest?
Nick: Give me your other hand. Bill Foster: I can't. Nick: Why not? Bill Foster: Gravity. Nick: Gravity? What the fuck does that mean? Bill Foster: I'll fall down. [Nick kick's Bill's knee, making him fall down]
Crush: Alright, we're here, dudes! Get ready! Your exit's comin' up, man! Marlin: Where? I don't see it. Dory: There! I see it! I see it! Marlin: You mean the swirling vortex of terror? Crush: That's it, dude!
Peter Quill: I saw you out there. I don't know what came over me, but I couldn't let you die. I found something inside of myself, something incredibly heroic. I mean, not to brag, but objectively... Gamora: [sigh] Where's the orb?
Gandhi: [in South Africa] You mean you can appoint Mr. Baker as your attorney but you can't walk down the street with him? Kahn: Well, I can, but I risk being kicked into the gutter by someone less holy than Mr. Baker.
Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
Sonny Valerio: "If a warrior's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should still be able to perform one more action with certainty." What the fuck does that mean? Ray Vargo: It's poetry. The poetry of war.
Louie: Goddamn it. You shot me in the exact same fucking place as last time! Ghost Dog: I'm sorry. I mean you no disrespect. You're my retainer. I don't want to put too many holes in you.
Blondie: I mean our partnership is untied. Tuco: [looks down at the noose still hanging from his neck] Blondie: Oh no, not you, you remain tied. I'll keep the money and you can have the rope.
