"He smiled his first smile of the day. He probably allowed himself four."
Raymond Chandler: Farewell, My Lovely
As a photographic subject, Dylan was the best. You just point the camera at him and things happen.
— Jerry Schatzberg
— Do you mind if I disturb you for a moment, sir?
— No, no, not at all. My diary’s pretty empty this week. Let’s see… Thursday morning: get shot. Yes, that’s about it, actually.
A Single Man
At the thought of Christmas, George feels a chill of desperation. Maybe he’ll do something drastic; take a plane to Mexico City and be drunk for a week and run wild around the bars. You won’t, and you never will, a voice says, coldly bored with him.
QI H-14
— So, Graham, would you like to read your joke?
— Did you write these, Stephen?
— Are they good?
— It just sounds like something you might write. Knock-knock…
— Who’s there?
— To.
— To who?
— To whom, surely.
