“You can take the ape out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the ape.”

“If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does.”

“I am Tarzan of the Apes. I want you. I am yours. You are mine. We live here together always in my house. I will bring you the best of fruits, the tenderest deer, the finest meats that roam the jungle. I will hunt for you. I am the greatest of the jungle fighters. I will fight for you. I am the mightiest of the jungle fighters. You are Jane Porter, I saw it in your letter. When you see this you will know that it is for you and that Tarzan of the Apes loves you.”

“There is no god but Road Runner and Chuck Jones is his prophet.”

“Just because all the rats are gone doesn't mean I trust the rattlesnake that got rid of them.”

“The dramatic arises out of the margin of opaqueness between a writer and his personages, out of the potential for the unexpected. In the full dramatic character lurks the unforeseen possibility, the gift of disorder.”

“Osteosarcoma sometimes takes a limb to check you out. The, if it like you, it takes the rest.”