“Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.”

“My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people.”

“She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men...not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and...ah, this above all...their conversation.”

“Would that I were still a ludicrous character in his lousy book!”

“My two best friends are dead, which means they're great listeners now, but lousy as far as support goes.”

“As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.”