“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”

“Sometimes it's hard when you want to be like someone but you don't know how.”

“Sometimes a man doesn't know how badly he's hurt until someone else probes the wound.”

“Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?”

“You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”

“Sometimes I wish I knew how to go crazy. I forget how.”

“You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is art, and you can't do it.”

“Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.”

“You take it for granted that interpretations of events change, but that certain definite events occurred that are beyond alteration. Instead, the events themselves are not nearly that concrete. You accept one probable event. Someone else may experience instead a version of that event, which then becomes that individual’s felt reality.”

“Never take people or places for granted, you may never see them again. If you cherish someone, let them know right now.”