“Robin turned and looked straight into her. "What's life for?""I don't know.""I don't either. But I don't think it's about winning.”

“I don't know a damn thing. I don't know what it's about. The longer I live, the more mysterious life is.”

“I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.”

“Lonely? I don't know. They tell me this is cold. I don't know what cold is, because I don't freeze. So I don't know what lonely means either. Bears are made to be solitary.”

“It's hard for me to talk to her. All I can do when I look at her is think about the day when I won't be able to. So I spend all my time at school thinking about her, wishing I could see her right then, but when I get to her house, I don't know what to say.”

“I don't know. It's like getting up in the morning. I don't want to get up but I don't want to stay in bed either.”