“- George Sand: The style's a bit precious. Mind if I rewrite it?
- Alfred De Musset: Not at all. We'll have a horse sent in.”

Judy Davis - George Sand
Mandy Patinkin - Alfred De Musset

“Did you read her latest novel? It's not even literature - it's drainage. The only good books she ever wrote were when she was with me: every morning, while she was sleeping, I'd cross out half her adjectives.”

Mandy Patinkin - Alfred De Musset

“- Lytton Strachey: The truth is, I've always been better at living than I ever was at writing.
- Dora Carrington: What's wrong with that?”
Jonathan Pryce - Lytton Strachey
Emma Thompson - Dora Carrington

“- Michael Fitzsimmons: We had heat, baby. Passion! Fire! We owe it to ourselves to fuse together, at least one more time.
- Peggy Sue: Oh, that's a good line. You are gonna be a terrific writer.”
Kevin J. O'Connor - Michael Fitzsimmons
Kathleen Turner - Peggy Sue

“- Pete Curtis: That's bullshit!
- Wally O'Sullivan: The worrying thing is, it's well-written bullshit, and it's right here in my paper... I must confess, Hamilton, that I probably would have infused it with a little more skepticism, but bitter resentment won't prevent me from admitting it was a good piece. Well done.”

Michael Murphy - Pete Curtis
Noel Ferrier - Wally O'Sullivan