"[voiceover] To find yourself in the negative zone, as the Fantastic Four often do, means all every day assumptions are inverted. Even the invisible girl herself becomes visible and so she loses the last semblance of her power. It seems to me that everyone exists partially on a negative zone level, some people more than others. In your life, it's kind of like you dip in and out of it, a place where things don't quite work out the way they should. But for some people, the negative zone tempts them. And they end up going in, going in all the way."

"[voiceover] In issue 141 of the Fantastic Four, published in November, 1973, Reed Richards had to use his anti-matter weapon on his own son, who Aannihilus has turn into the Human Atom Bomb. It was a typical predicament for the Fantastic Four, because they weren't like other superheroes. They were more like a family. And the more power they had, the more harm they could do to each other without even knowing it. That was the meaning of the Fantastic Four: that a family is like your own personal anti-matter. Your family is the void you emerge from, and the place you return to when you die. And that's the paradox - the closer you're drawn back in, the deeper into the void you go."

"Well, that's the whole point of the holidays, Paul. So you and your sister can mope around the house, and your mother and I can wait on your hand and foot, while the two of you occasionally grunt for more food from behind the hair in your faces. Believe it or not, we actually enjoy it."

"[to Paul] On the self-abuse front - and this is important - I don't think it's advisable to do it in the shower. It wastes water and electricity and because we all expect you to be doing it there in any case. And, not on... under the linen... Well... Anyway, if you're worried about anything at all, just feel free to ask and we'll look it up."

"[to Elena] The only big fight we've had in years is about whether to go back into couples therapy."

"On November 1, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to end, figuring an average height of five feet six and a half inches, they would reach from Times Square to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. I know facts like this because I work for an insurance company - Consolidated Life of New York. We're one of the top five companies in the country. Our home office has 31,259 employees, which is more than the entire population of uhh... Natchez, Mississippi. I work on the 19th floor. Ordinary Policy Department, Premium Accounting Division, Section W, desk number 861."

"Edie Adams - Miss Olsen"

"David White - Mr. Eichelberger"

"Willard Waterman - Mr. Vanderhoff"

"Joyce Jameson - The blonde"

"Johnny Seven - Karl Matuschka"

"Naomi Stevens - Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss"

"Joan Shawlee - Sylvia"

"Hope Holiday - Mrs. Margie MacDougall"

"David Lewis - Al Kirkeby"

"Jack Kruschen - Dr. Dreyfuss"

"Ray Walston - Joe Dobisch"

"Fred MacMurray - Jeff D. Sheldrake"

"Shirley MacLaine - Fran Kubelik"

"Jack Lemmon - Calvin Clifford (C. C.) "Bud" Baxter"

"I wonder how long it takes to get someone you're stuck on out of your system. They should invent a pump for that."

"Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it."

"Why do people have to love people anyway?"

"How could I be so stupid? You would think I should have learned by now. When you're in love with a married man you shouldn't wear mascara."

"Y'know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe. I mean shipwrecked among 8 million people. And then one day I saw a footprint in the sand and there you were."

"As for myself, I very often stay on at the office and work for an extra hour or two, especially when the weather is bad. It's not that I'm overly ambitious, it's just a way of killing time, until it's all right for me to go home. You see, I have this little problem with my apartment...I live in the West Sixties, just half a block from Central Park. My rent is $85 a month. It used to be eighty until last July when Mrs. Lieberman (Frances Lax), the landlady, put in a second-hand air conditioning unit. It's a real nice apartment - nothing fancy - but kind of cozy - just right for a bachelor. The only problem is - I can't always get in when I want to."

"Stephen Rea — Henry Miles"

"Julianne Moore — Sarah Miles"

"Ralph Fiennes — Maurice Bendrix"

"The end was just the beginning."

"I've only made two promises in my life. One was to marry Henry, the other is to stop seeing you. And I'm too weak to keep either."

"You see I never stopped loving you, even though I couldn't see you."

"Tell Him I'm sorry. I'm too human. Too weak. Tell Him I can't keep my promises. I'm tired of being without you."

"I had tempted fate, and fate had accepted."

"Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all drably individual. But what can one write about happiness?"

"You have to understand. I'm jealous of everything that moves. I'm jealous of the rain!"

"I am a jealous man."

"To be is to be perceived."

"I hate you, God. I hate you as though you existed."

"[to Roslyn] No nooky again, huh?"

"What a bunch of saps we are."

"You have to live before you die........"

"Young... Beautiful... Deadly."

"Women are dumb. Dumber than corn."

"Zooey Deschanel - Cheryl"

"Tim Blake Nelson - Bubba"

"After living in the dark for so long, a glimpse of the light can make you giddy. Strange thoughts come into your head and you'd better think 'em. Has a special fate been calling you and you're not listening? Is there a secret message right in front of you and you're not reading it? Is this your last best chance? Are you going to take it? Or are you going to the grave with unlived lives in your veins?"

"John Carroll Lynch - Jack Field"

"John C. Reilly - Phil Last"

"Jake Gyllenhaal - Thomas "Holden" Worther"