“And you can't have two stars in one relationship. Somebody has to be willing to be the wagon… at lease some of the time”

“Hitch your wagon to a star.”

“Sometimes you have to admit that a relationship can't be fixed. That no matter how much you want to, you can't trust some people.”

“The key issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody.”

“One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.”

“Don't get starry-eyed about somebody you can't have, especially if it blinds you to somebody who's really important.”

“You can't have a happy life and an unhappy relationship - it's a contradiction.”

“There are some stories you can't hear enough. They are the same every time you hear them. But you are not. That's one reliable way of understanding time.”

“You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.”

“I believed all that stuff about pleasing myself. Can't be done. You can't please yourself by doing what you want. Because it doesn't mean anything if it's just you. There has to be somebody it matters to.”