“Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic, but we'll hope for the best.”

“The fact that many people overindulge, and lose themselves in excess, and make fools of themselves and act like idiots, is no reason for me to do these things. The reason for me to do these things is that I, too, am an idiot.”

“I know, I'm an idiot!" Leo moaned. "A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.”

“Hope is cruel. Hope reminds me of what almost was. Hope makes the physical ache return.”

“My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one.”

“[A] brilliant man is his own best company, unless he can find other company of the same sort.”

“Give me a man or a woman with common sense and who is not an idiot and I assure you can make a leader out of him or her.”

“Golf always makes me so damned angry.”

“There's always something that's smoldering somewhere
I know it don't make a difference to you
But oh! It sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance, I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope.”

“James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.”