“I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.”
“If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.”
“I do a great deal of research. I don’t want anyone to say, ‘That could not have happened.’ It may be fiction, but it has to be true.”
“But yet I am firmly persuaded that a great deal of consciousness, every sort of consciousness, in fact, is a disease.”
“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.”
“I ran toward the solitude of the dressing room. Of course, the full length mirror would have it's own disappointments, but I would take dealing with a fat ass over dealing with my mother any day. At least you could do something about a fat ass, in theory.”