“It was possible for couples to not discover that they are in profound disagreement over the very fundamentals of life until ten or twenty years of marriage.”

“To an outsider it seems a vital ingredient of many marriages that each partner should support the illusions of the other.”

“You are my whole existence and I will love you until my last breath.”

“Bought marmalade? Oh dear, I call that very feeble.”

“Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by the dozen may arrive and be glad-handed for a time, but they are unwise if they choose to live there because the town is, perhaps even creditably, committed to recognising only professional success, and nothing else, to be of lasting value. The burdensome obligation imposed on all its inhabitants is therefore to present themselves as successes, because otherwise they forfeit their right to respect in that environment ... There is no place in that town for the "interesting failure" or for anyone who is not determined on a life that will be shaped in a upward-heading curve.”

“Vulgarity is no substitute for wit”

“Sigur, unul dintre adevărurile de bază ale vieții este că, in general, lumea te acceptă după cum te evaluezi singur.”