“And we’re both emotionally limping, because having old wounds re-opened is never fun, no matter how beneficial it might be.”

“Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun.”

“The vaunted experience of age was perhaps only a matter of wounds and scarring -- that young minds to old minds might be as young bodies to old bodies: stronger, more vital, less twisted by damage.”

“We’re starting with the villain,” Martin interjected. “Because they are the most fun.”

“...no matter how beneficial a disappearing act might be for me, I could never tear myself away from a show in progress. Even when the plot's tragic ending is apparent to the entire audience. Perhaps there's a deus ex machina that will lower from the ceiling and turn the whole debacle into a romantic comedy. never can tell. Paid the full ticket price, might as well stay.”

“you always have to keep things fun. if you don't, no matter how many awards you win or how much money you make, you will never be happy.”