"That was the day I stopped believing in the wild ardor of things. Perhaps in love, as well. That kind of love. The love in books and films. The love that tells us to abandon our lives and plans, all for one brief touch of Venus. So often we fail at that kind of love. The world just seems too fragile a place for it. And of every other kind, life remains full. Perhaps it's just we who are too fragile."

"Oh, Raymond, Mrs. Whitaker sounds so formal! Won't you please... ask me to dance?"

"Call me old fashioned, I just like all the men I'm around to be all men."

"Cathy? Oh, she's been liberal ever since she played summer stock at college with all those steamy Jewish boys. Why do you think they used to call her "Red"?"

"You are the proud wife of a successful sales executive; planning the parties, and posing at her husband's side on the advertisements. To everyone here in Connecticut, you are - Mr. and Mrs. Magnatech."

"Dr. Bowman: Today, the general attitude regarding this sort of behavior is naturally more modern, more scientific than it ever has been before. But for those who do seek treatment, who possess the will and desire to lead a normal life, there still remains only a scant five to thirty percent rate of success - for complete heterosexual conversion."

"What lies beneath the surface? What hides behind the walls? What imprisons desires of the heart?"

"It's time to stop hiding from the truth."

"Viola Davis - Sybil"

"Michael Gaston - Stan Fine"

"Andrew Scott - w:Richard Rodgers"

"Jonah Lees - Morty Rifkin"

"Margaret Qualley - Elizabeth Weiland"

"Simon Delaney - Oscar Hammerstein II"

"Cillian Sullivan - Stephen Sondheim"

"What do you call a tireless, relentless homosexual? 'Inde-faggot-ible.'"

"Bobby Cannavale - Eddie"

"But to be a writer, you have to be kind of omni-sexual, don't you? You have to have, inside yourself - you know - everyone on earth: men women, horses. How can you give voice to the whole chorus of the world if the whole chorus of the world isn't already inside you?"

"David Rawle - George Roy Hill"

"Anne Brogan - Frieda Hart"

"John Doran - Weegee"

"Oklahoma! With an exclamation point, no less! Fact - any title that feels the need for an exclamation point, you want to steer clear of."

"Ethan Hawke - Lorenz Hart"

"Patrick Kennedy - E. B. White"

"James McAvoy - David Percival"

"Charlize Theron - Lorraine Broughton"

"John Goodman - Emmett Kurzfeld"

"So, what have I learned after all this time? After all the sleepless nights, lying to friends, lovers, myself? Playing this crooked game in this crooked town filled with backstabbers and four-faced liars? I'll tell you what I've learned. One thing and one thing only. I fucking love Berlin!"