Manhattan Quotes
Isaac Davis : So what does, what does your analyst say? I mean, did you speak to him?
Mary Wilke : Well, Donnie's in a coma, he had a very bad acid experience.
Mary Wilke : Well, Donnie's in a coma, he had a very bad acid experience.
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Isaac Davis : What are you telling me, that you're, you're, you're gonna leave Emily, is this true? And, and run away with the, the, the winner of the Zelda Fitzgerald emotional maturity award?
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Tracy : I'll be back in six months.
Isaac Davis : Six months are you kidding? Six months you're gonna go for?
Tracy : We've gone this long, well what's six months if we still love each other?
Isaac Davis : Hey, don't be so mature, okay? I mean, six months is a long time! Six months, you know you're gonna be, you'll be in, in, in, in the th - working in a theater there, you'll be with actors and directors, you kno w you're, you know, you go to rehearsal, and you, you hang out with those people, you have lunch a lot, and, and, before you even know it attachments form and, and, you know, I mean, you, you don't want to be get into that kind a, I mean, you, you'll change. You know, you'll be, you'll be, in six months you'll be a completely different person.
Tracy : Well, don't you want me to have that experience? I mean a while ago you made such a convincing case.
Isaac Davis : Ye, yeah of course I do, you know, but you - you know, you, I mean you, I, I just don't want - that thing about you that I like to change.
Tracy : I've got to make a plane.
Isaac Davis : C'mon, you don't - c'mon. You don't, you don't have to - go.
Tracy : Why couldn't you have brought this up last week? Six months isn't so long. Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people.
Tracy : I'll be back in six months.
Isaac Davis : Six months are you kidding? Six months you're gonna go for?
Tracy : We've gone this long, well what's six months if we still love each other?
Isaac Davis : Hey, don't be so mature, okay? I mean, six months is a long time! Six months, you know you're gonna be, you'll be in, in, in, in the th - working in a theater there, you'll be with actors and directors, you kno w you're, you know, you go to rehearsal, and you, you hang out with those people, you have lunch a lot, and, and, before you even know it attachments form and, and, you know, I mean, you, you don't want to be get into that kind a, I mean, you, you'll change. You know, you'll be, you'll be, in six months you'll be a completely different person.
Tracy : Well, don't you want me to have that experience? I mean a while ago you made such a convincing case.
Isaac Davis : Ye, yeah of course I do, you know, but you - you know, you, I mean you, I, I just don't want - that thing about you that I like to change.
Tracy : I've got to make a plane.
Isaac Davis : C'mon, you don't - c'mon. You don't, you don't have to - go.
Tracy : Why couldn't you have brought this up last week? Six months isn't so long. Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people.
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Isaac Davis : Why is life worth living? It's a very good question. Um... Well, There are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile. uh... Like what... okay... um... For me, uh... ooh... I would say... what, Groucho Marx, to name one thing... uh... um... and Wilie Mays... and um... the 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony... and um... Louis Armstrong, recording of Potato Head Blues... um... Swedish movies, naturally... Sentimental Education by Flaubert... uh... Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra... um... those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne... uh... the crabs at Sam Wo's... uh... Tracy's face...
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Isaac Davis : I give the whole thing... four weeks. That's it.
Mary Wilke : I, I can't plan that far in advance.
Isaac Davis : You can't plan four weeks in advance?
Mary Wilke : No!
Isaac Davis : What kind of foresight is that?
Mary Wilke : I, I can't plan that far in advance.
Isaac Davis : You can't plan four weeks in advance?
Mary Wilke : No!
Isaac Davis : What kind of foresight is that?
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Isaac Davis : They probably sit around on the floor with wine and cheese, and mispronounce allegorical and didacticism.
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Isaac Davis : Plus I'll probably have to give my parents less money. It'll kill my father. He's not gonna be able to get as good a seat in the synagogue. He'll be in the back, away from God, far from the action.
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Willie Davis : Why can't we have frankfurters?
Isaac Davis : Because this is a Russian tearoom.
Isaac Davis : Because this is a Russian tearoom.
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Isaac Davis : My analyst warned me, but you were so beautiful I got another analyst.
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Isaac Davis : [ after reading his ex-wife's book about their relationship ] [ to his ex-wife ]
Isaac Davis : I came here to strangle you!
Isaac Davis : I came here to strangle you!
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Isaac Davis : I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have. I grow a tumor instead.
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Isaac Davis : Years ago I wrote this short story about my Mother called "The Castrating Zionist"
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Isaac Davis : When it comes to relationships with women, I'm the winner of the August Strindberg Award.
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Isaac Davis : The steel cube was brilliant?
Mary Wilke : Yes. To me it was very textual, you know what I mean? It was perfectly integrated, and it had a marvelous kind of negative capability. The rest of the stuff downstairs was bullshit.
Mary Wilke : Yes. To me it was very textual, you know what I mean? It was perfectly integrated, and it had a marvelous kind of negative capability. The rest of the stuff downstairs was bullshit.
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Mary Wilke : Isn't it beautiful out?
Isaac Davis : Yeah, it's really so pretty when the light starts to come up.
Mary Wilke : Yeah, I know. I love it.
Isaac Davis : Boy, this is really a great city, I don't care what anybody s-s - it's really a knock-out, you know?
Isaac Davis : Yeah, it's really so pretty when the light starts to come up.
Mary Wilke : Yeah, I know. I love it.
Isaac Davis : Boy, this is really a great city, I don't care what anybody s-s - it's really a knock-out, you know?
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