It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

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He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

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.

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

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'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 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...

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.

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

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

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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...