I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

I am kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me...

I am kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me...

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.