“Maybe there's a big bit of you that's gone missing somewhere, maybe everyone should want something they've always wanted.”

Colin Firth - Paul Ashworth

“- Will Graham: He dreams about being wanted and desired. So he changes people into beings who want and desire him.
- Jack Crawford: Changes?
- Will Graham: It's a word. Killing and arranging the people to imitate it.”

William Petersen - Will Graham
Dennis Farina - Jack Crawford

“I hate to see you miss out on something... because you have this picture in your mind or you thought you can change something you can't. I'd hate to see you not find what you really want.”
Diane Keaton - Sybil Stone

“We came through a valley and into this great hubbub of noise. And for a minute I saw it all very clearly. The family I was about to join. A country in turmoil. And my own life turned upside down. And then I thought, it's why you came. It's what you wanted. And that's how it all began.”

Polly Walker - Mary Lavelle

“- David Foster Wallace: I'm not so sure you want to be me.
- David Lipsky: I don't.”
Jason Segel - David Foster Wallace