Quotes

Henry: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

Eddie: All you gotta do is beg for a little mercy.

Henry: Quittin' to you would be like swallowin' piss for eternity.

Henry: I remember ordering a draught, barkeep. What, are you out of brew, or has that lobotomy finally taken hold?

Old Fart: Now look. Twenty bucks for that kind of head is outrageous.

Grandma Moses: I did ya good, old fart. I did ya good. I oughta bit your champagne cork off.

Old Fart: I'm givin' ya fifteen bucks.

Grandma Moses: Twenty bucks. Nobody in this neighborhood can swallow paste like I can.

Henry: This is a world where everybody's gotta do something. Y'know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody's gotta do something, they gotta be something. You know, a dentist, a glider pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that.

[sighs]

Henry: Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things that I don't wanna do. All the things that I don't wanna be. Places I don't wanna go, like India, like getting my teeth cleaned. Save the whale, all that, I don't understand that.

Jim: You're not supposed to think about it. I think the whole trick is, not to think about it.

Wanda: I hate the police, don't you?

Henry: I don't know, but I seem to feel better when they're not around.

Henry: [to Eddie] Your mother's cunt stinks like carpet cleaner.

Henry: It's hatred. It's the only thing that lasts.

Henry: You know, in the guest house, you could write in peace.

Tully: Hey, Tully baby, nobody who could write worth a damn could ever write in peace, Jesus.

Henry: [Voice over] And as my hands drop the last desperate pen, in some cheap room, they will find me there and never know my name, my meaning, nor the treasure of my escape.

Wanda: Listen, I drink. And when I drink, I move in the wrong direction...

Harry: Don't be sorry, just put on some new underwear.

Henry: Drinks for all my friends!