"What do you think it means, you ignorant hick? I'm in the middle of a divorce. D-I-V-O-R-C-E. Deee-vorce!"

"I know I can do it", Todd Downey said, helping himself to another ear of corn from the steaming bowl. "I'm sure that …"

"Won't do you any good to play games with me, Mr. Rainey. This has got to be settled."

"I suppose so. I suppose that's why I came all the way up here from Mississ'ippi."

"You strike me as the type of guy who's lookin' for a head he can knock off with a shovel. But what you don't understa…"

"How'd you get it? That's what I really wanna know. How the hell did a big, money-scribblin' asshole like you get down…"

"What happened? You finally nail one of your groupies at a book signing? The Omaha Barnes and Noble? [Irritated, Mort …"

"[Reading Shooter's note] "You have three days. I'm not joking. No police." Anytime somebody sits down and writes "No …"

"Some windows should never be opened."

"The most important part of a story is the ending."