“It's not where you take things from — it's where you take them to.”

“Poetry is a game of loser-take-all.”

“The world isn't a sad place, it's just big.”

“If you want to make a documentary you should automatically go to the fiction, and if you want to nourish your fiction you have to come back to reality.”

“Patricia: Do you know William Faulkner?Michel: No. Who's he? Have you slept with him?”

“When we talked, I talked about me, you talked about you, when we should have talked about each other.”

“ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville.CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal."...ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked.CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal.”