“So it hadnt been wrong or dishonest of her to say no this morning, when he asked if she hated him, any more than it had been wrong or dishonest to serve him the elaborate breakfast and to show the ...”

“Intelligent, thinking people could take things like this in their stride, just as they took the larger absurdities of deadly dull jobs in the city and deadly dull homes in the suburbs. Economic cir...”

“If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.”

“Dying for love might be pitiable, but it wasn't much different, finally, from any other kind of dying.”

“Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?”

“You see? I dont know what mature means, either, and you could talk all night and I still wouldnt know. Its all just words to me, Frank. I watch you talking and I think: Isnt that amazing? He really...”

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, theyll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, theyll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”

“My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Tha...”

“Dont worry, Im not quitting. Ive decided Im going to stay andmake his life a living hell while I run his business into the ground.--Kim to Abe”

“Don't try fixing something that is already broken in the first place.”

“Don't try fixing something that is already broken to begin with.”