“I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own.”

“I was half asleep but I smiled. In spite of all his irritating qualities, I couldn't help liking a man who despised a fictional character with such passion.”

“The man knows he's a target. He's very careful. The'll find the guns.'Kolya responded with a mournful fart, low and solemn as a single note of a baritone horn.”

“I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.”

“You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.”

“You're a writer. Make it up.”

“the lonliest sound in the world is other people making love.”