Barfly (1987)

Share this quote on facebook Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

Share this quote on facebook [to Eddie] Your mom's cunt smells like carpet cleaner.

Share this quote on facebook I remember ordering a draught, barkeep. What, are you out of brew, or has that lobotomy finally taken hold?

Share this quote on facebook So you hired a dick to find an asshole?

Share this quote on facebook It's hatred. It's the only thing that lasts.

Share this quote on facebook [Voice over] And as my hands drop the last desperate pen, in some cheap room, they will find me there and never know my name, my meaning, nor the treasure of my escape.

Share this quote on facebook [to his own bloody face as reflected in the bathroom mirror] Nothing but the dripping sink. Empty bottle. Euphoria. Youth fenced in, stabbed and shaved. Taut words propped up to die

Share this quote on facebook I'd hate to be you if I were me.

Share this quote on facebook Wanda: I can't stand people, I hate them.
Henry: Oh yeah?
Wanda: Do you hate them?
Henry: No, but I seem to feel better when they're not around.

Share this quote on facebook Tully: You can really write. Why do you live like a bum?
Henry: I am a bum. What do you want me to do? Do you want me to write about the sufferings of the upper classes?
Tully: This may be news to you but they suffer too.
Henry: Hey baby, nobody suffers like the poor.

Share this quote on facebook Tully: Why did you send your stuff to us?
Henry: Well, I liked the title of the mag. It boggled my scrotum.
Tully: Why don't you stop drinking? Anybody can be a drunk.
Henry: Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.

Share this quote on facebook Henry: This is a world where everybody's gotta do something. Y'know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody's gotta do something, they gotta be something. You know, a dentist, a glider pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that. [sighs] Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things that I don't wanna do. All the things that I don't wanna be. Places I don't wanna go, like India, like getting my teeth cleaned. Save the whale, all that, I don't understand that.
Jim: You're not supposed to think about it. I think the whole trick is, not to think about it.

Share this quote on facebook Henry: That's it.
Wanda: That's what?
Henry: I'm broke. Can't buy another drink.
Wanda: You mean you don't have any money?
Henry: No money, no job, no rent. Hey, I'm back to normal.

Share this quote on facebook Henry: Why did it have to be Eddie? He symbolizes everything that disgusts me. Obviousness. Unoriginal macho energy. Ladies man...
Wanda: You're right. He's not much.

Share this quote on facebook Eddie: All you gotta do is beg for a little mercy.
Henry: Quittin' to you would be like swallowin' piss for eternity.

Share this quote on facebook Henry: Some guys really know how to get the women.
Jim: Now, you don't know how?
Henry: Hey, I can get one for ten minutes. That's my limit.

Share this quote on facebook Tully: You know, in the guest house, you could write in peace.
Henry: Hey, Tully baby, nobody who could write worth a damn could ever write in peace...Jesus.

Share this quote on facebook Roberta Bassin — Lilly

Share this quote on facebook Harry Cohn — Rick