“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
“You know the trouble with real life? There's no danger music.”
“The trouble with life is that, unlike movies, it doesn't have background music. We never know how we're supposed to feel.”
“the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon.”
“The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.”
“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether; the other is going deep down into life and not caring a damn...”