“In the first place, you’re way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself. ”

“Everybody just thinks things keep stopping off somewhere. They don't...The reason things seem to stop off somewhere is because that's the only way most people know how to look at things. But that doesn't mean they do.”

“If you weren't around, I'd probably be someplace way the hell off. In the woods or some goddamn place. You're the only reason I'm around, practically.”

“She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.”

“I don't like any shows very much, if you want to know the truth. They're not as bad as movies, but they're certainly nothing to rave about. In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do. Some of the good ones do, in a very slight way, but it's not in a way that's fun to watch. And if the actor's really good, you can always tell he knows he's good, and that spoils it. ”

“It started embarrassing me. I began to feel like such a nasty little egomaniac." She reflected. "I don't know. It seemed like such poor taste, sort of, to want to act in the first place. I mean all the ego. And I used to hate myself so, when I was in a play, to be backstage after the play was over. All those egos running around feeling terribly charitable and warm. Kissing everybody and wearing their makeup all over the place, and then trying to be horribly natural and friendly when your friends came backstage to see you. I just hated myself.”

“If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good any more.”