“Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.”

“This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen.”

“I don't want this life to end," said Alexander. "The good, the bad, the everything, the very old, to ever end.”

“All the peoples of the world are in effect partners in this interest, and for our own part we see very clearly that unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.”

“Resist the temptation to use special effects. Think about science fiction movies with lots of special effects: If you notice that special effects are special effects, they will fail.”

“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”

“If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.”

“Broadway has been very good to me. But I've been very good to Broadway, too.”

“Please don't wake me, no, don't shake me, leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping…”

“I love when a crucial novel leaves a trace in my memory. In this, its ending plays a significant part—creating a wake effect that is never erased.”