“A thousand men, say, go searchin' for gold. After six months, one of them's lucky: one out of a thousand. His find represents not only his own labor, but that of nine hundred and ninety-nine others to boot. That's six thousand months, five hundred years, scramblin' over a mountain, goin' hungry and thirsty. An ounce of gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into the findin' and the gettin' of it.”

– Howard

“Got a lot to write about today. You.”

– Millie Lammoreaux

“Mother, didn't you know there are children starving in Africa?”

– “Karen Carpenter”

 

“So, this month becomes the month of Scrawdyke.”

– Malcolm Scrawdyke

“What a lucky clown you are! You don't have to wipe off your laugh.”

– Is there anything I can do for you?

– You could make a film about my suffering.