“I don't want realism. I want magic!”

“I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!”

“Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much glory. They don't want glory like that in nobody's heart”

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”

“I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together”

“Don't you understand? I was PROCURING for him.”

“The role of benefactor is worse than thankless, it's the role of a victim, Doctor, a sacrificial victim, yes, they want your blood, Doctor, they want your blood on the altar steps of their outraged, outrageous egos!”