"I write too, you know..."
"No kidding.."
"...I don't share that with many people."
"Gee, I can't tell you how privileged you make me feel."
"My parents were in the process of opening their carpet store when they... acquired me... so, I guess it was sort of a natural thing for them to think of me as another piece of carpet, you know, some sort of remnant...
...She can't help the way she feels... I mean, it's not like I have some romantic notion about how I'm suffering because my parents... people for that matter, don't understand me. I mean, so what? Who understands anybody really? Who wants to? It's hard enough trying to understand yourself, you know?... We just... don't fit...
...It happens."
Denton: "Is there any particular reason why you're looking at me like that?"
Dinky: "What's she famous for?"
Denton: "Did you ever hear that song, 'In Roxy's Eyes'?"
Dinky: "The Jack Slater song? Yeah, I heard it last night.."
"First hit he ever had; she was the girl in that song..."
"And... And that's it? She was in a song and that's why she's so famous? I mean, she didn't save a country, or invent something great or murder someone?"
"Do you know how hard it is to get yourself in a song?"