Opera is not f***ing singing, is it? It’s not singing. It is the sound that people make before words.
No need for crowds. We need you alive.[Laura McKee: Our agreement was we meet in a crowded place.]
My racehorse, Moral Turpitude, is just one of many in my stables. Sometimes, even now, I’ll take her out for a run, if there is a good cause that requires her services.[to Laura]
My business has two sides. Light and dark. I’ll need someone for each.[to Duke]
Just a few more yards to go. And you’ll change your ways. And I’ll change the f***ing world.[to Arthur]
It’s much harder to lie with your body than with your words.[to Tommy]
In uncertain times, gold is always certain.
In the Shelby family, business comes before issues of vengeance. Our beloved departed would understand and approve.[to Laura]
If you are about to express profound emotion, you might be better served expressing it to someone who gives a f***, or perhaps to somebody who is being paid to pretend to have to.[to Tommy]
I don’t read novels, I read only pornography and politics.
I don’t have a man. What use is a man? A horse pulls the wagon. A dog keeps me safe. A cat keeps me warm at night.
I do read poetry, but I don’t yet write it.
