"Train fireman: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later than night, you were lying, looking up at the ceiling, and the water in your head was not dissimilar from the landscape, and you think to yourself, "Why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?""

"Things which are alike, in nature, grow to look alike."

"Don't let the sun burn a hole in your ass, William Blake. Rise now, and drive your cart and plough over the bones of the dead!"

"That weapon will replace your tongue. You will learn to speak through it. And your poetry will now be written with blood."

"The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn from the crow."

"Every night and every morn, some to misery are born. Every morn and every night, some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight; some are born to endless night."

"Julie Delphy – Sherry"

"I'm a stalker in a Taurus."

"[to Lolita] That was quite an outfit you weren't wearing earlier."

"You are the Don Juan."

"Sometimes life brings some strange surprises."

"Bill Murray — Don Johnston"

"Jeffrey Wright – Winston"

"Sharon Stone – Laura Daniels Miller"

"Frances Conroy – Dora Anderson"

"Christopher McDonald – Ron Anderson"

"Jessica Lange – Dr. Carmen Markowski"

"Tilda Swinton – Penny"

"Alexis Dziena – Lolita Miller"

"Chloë Sevigny – Carmen's Assistant"

"Pell James – Sun Green"

"Mark Webber – The Kid"

"Vince Viverito as Johnny Morini"

"Henry Silva as Ray Vargo"

"Gene Ruffini as Old Consigliere"

"Frank Adonis as Valerio's Bodyguard"

"Victor Argo as Vinny"

"Kenny Guay as Boy in Window"

"Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall there was this one: "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly." Master Ittei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously." (00:23:01)"

"It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this. (00:19:43)"

"If one were to say in a word what the condition of being a samurai is, its basis lies first in seriously devoting one's body and soul to his master. Not to forget one's master is the most fundamental thing for a retainer. (00:15:37)"

"It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. It is the same for anything else that is called a Way. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own. (00:09:42)"