Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with y...
I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately, I feel like it all the time. I am writing for hours. I do like to write in the morning. I start after breakfast, like 9 o'clock, and I'll write till lunch, ...
Detective Trupo: When was the last time I was in New Jersey? Let me think, never, what are you doing coming over here unannounced? You think you're going to get hurt doing that? you got your fucking money, never come into this city unannounced, you c...
Detective Richie Roberts: This is the newly formed Essex County narcotics squad, our mandate is to make major arrests, no street guys, we're looking for the suppliers and distributors, Heroin, Cocaine, Amphetamines, no grass under a thousand pounds, ...
Sultan: [hypnotized] Jasmine. Princess Jasmine: Oh, Father. I just had the most wonderful time. I'm so happy. Sultan: [hypnotized] You should be, Jasmine. I have chosen a husband for you. Princess Jasmine: What? Sultan: [hypnotized] You will wed Jafa...
Antonio Salieri: He was my idol. Mozart, I can't think of a time when I didn't know his name. I was still playing childish games and he was playing music for kings and emperors. Even the Pope in Rome! I admit I was jealous when I heard the tales they...
[Woodward is woken up by a call from Bernstein] Carl Bernstein: Woodward, What did you find out? What did he say? Bob Woodward: What time is it? Carl Bernstein: You fell asleep? Bob Woodward: Oh God dammit! [Woodward hangs up and runs out the door, r...
Rex Kramer: [talking to Steve McCroskey] Our only hope is to build this man up. We gotta give him all the confidence we can. [to Striker] Rex Kramer: Striker, have you ever flown a multi-engine plane before? Ted Striker: No, never. Rex Kramer: [to Mc...
Lamont: Call the Times, nail it to the goddamn door. CIA are the good guys. Rossi: The Canadians are the good guys. Lamont: Yeah, we're not greedy. Them, too. Rossi: Only. Canada takes the credit, or they retaliate against the hostages. Great Satan w...
Tim: Mum, this is Mary. Mum: Mary! Good Lord, you're pretty. Mary: Oh, no. It's just... I've got a lot of mascara and lipstick on. Mum: Let's have a look. Mary: [presents her face] Mum: Oh, yes. Good. It's very bad for a girl to be too pretty. It sto...
Tim: I used to think my phone was old and shit, but it's suddenly my most valuable possession. Mary: You really like me? Even my frock? Tim: I love your frock. Mary: And, um, my hair. It's not too brown? Tim: I love brown. Mary: My fringe is new. Tim...
Tim: So what do you do? Mary: I'm a reader at a publisher. Tim: No! Do you read for a living? Mary: Yes, that it. I read. Tim: Oh that's so great! If that someone else asking: "What do you do for a living ?" Oh, well, I breathe. I'm a breather. I get...
Henri Ducard: When you lived among the criminals, did you start to pity them? Bruce Wayne: The first time I stole so that I wouldn't starve, yes. I lost many assumptions about the simple nature of right and wrong. And when I traveled, I learned the f...
[about Bonnie's poem] Clyde Barrow: You know what you done there? You told my story, you told my whole story right there, right there. One time, I told you I was gonna make you somebody. That's what you done for me. You made me somebody they're gonna...
[Blanche wants a cut of the loot] Blanche Barrow: Well why not? I earned my share same as everybody. Well, I coulda got killed same as everybody. And I'm wanted by the law same as everybody... I'm a nervous wreck and that's the truth. I have to take ...
Danny Archer: American, huh? Maddy Bowen: Guilty. Danny Archer: Well, Americans usually are. Maddy Bowen: ...Says the white South African? Danny Archer: Ts ts ts ts. I'm from Rhodesia! Maddy Bowen: We say Zimbabwe now, don't we? Danny Archer: Do we? ...
[seeing a poster for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance] Dr. Emmett Brown: Look! There's a rhythmic ceremonial ritual coming up. Marty McFly: Of course! The Enchantment Under the Sea dance! They're supposed to go to this. That's where they kiss for ...
Sam: Why do you act like a dick all the time? Do you just do it to antagonize people? Mike Shiner: Maybe. Sam: You really don't give a shit if people like you or not? Mike Shiner: Not really. Sam: That's cool. Mike Shiner: Is it? I don't know.
[Butch is robbing Woodcock's train for the second time] Butch Cassidy: You can't want to get blown up again. Woodcock: Butch, you know that if it were my money, there is nobody that I would rather have steal it than you. But, you see, I am still in t...
Butch Engle: Give 'em time, kid; they'll catch on. You know your folks'll get used to you, and you'll get used to them. Then everything'll settle down nicely. Unless we have another war. Then none of us have to worry because we'll all be blown to bit...
[Mr. Thorpe has offered Derry a job as asst. floor manager and part-time soda jerk] Fred Derry: At what salary? Mr. Thorpe: Thirty-two fifty per week. Fred Derry: Thirty-two fifty. I used to make over four hundred dollars a month in the Air Force. Mr...
