“We were talking briefly about cocaine…yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that!”
A Night at the Met (1986)
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“We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.”
P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist
As quoted by Valerie Lawson, in an interview: "The Mystic Life of P.L. Travers" (7 May 2003) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/ark/stories/s844311.htm
Richard Feynman (1918–1988) American theoretical physicist
Rejoinder when told that he couldn't talk about physics, because "nobody [at this table] knows anything about it."
Part 5: "The World of One Physicist", "Alfred Nobel's Other Mistake", p. 310.
Quoted in Handbook of Economic Growth (2005) by Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)
Randall Jarrell book Pictures from an Institution
Source: Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel], Chapter 2: “The Whittakers and Gertrude”, p. 40
Richard Hofstadter The Paranoid Style in American Politics
The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964)