“I've always admired your ability to be unilaterally irritating.”
“I've always admired people who are over-prepared.”
“I've always admired your rather formidable will, your refusal to back away from difficulties, but sometimes strength isn't about perseverance. Sometimes it's about knowing when to quit.”
“Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.”
“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”
“The quality you most admire in a man? Courage moral and physical: 'anima'—the ability to think like a woman. Also a sense of the absurd.The quality you most admire in a woman? Courage moral and physical: “anima”—the ability to visualize the mind and need of a man. Also a sense of the absurd.”