“I hate my name; Eugene Morris Jerome. How am I ever gonna play for the Yankees with a name like that? You have to be a Joe or a Tony or a Frankie. All the best Yankees are Italian. My mother makes spaghetti with ketchup, what chance do I have?”

—Eugene, Brighton Beach Memoirs

"Brighton Beach Memoirs"

  • KATE: You have nothing better to do? I need bread.
  • EUGENE: What?
  • KATE: I don't have enough bread! Run over to Greenblatt's and get me fresh rye bread.
  • EUGENE: I just came back from Greenblatt's!
  • KATE: So you'll go again!
  • EUGENE: I'm always going to the store! When I grow up, that's all I'll be trained to do -- go to the store!
  • KATE: You don't wanna go? Never mind -- I'll go.
  • EUGENE: Don't do that. don't make me feel guilty -- I'll go!
  • KATE (interjecting): And get a quarter-pound of butter!
  • EUGENE (smartass): I bought a quarter-pound of butter this morning! Why don't you buy a half a pound at a time?
  • KATE: And suppose the house burned down this afternoon -- why do I need an extra quarter-pound of butter? (Exits.)
  • EUGENE (to camera): If my mother taught logic in high school, this would be some weird country.
  • KATE:
  • EUGENE:

The Needle And The Damage Done

Laura Marling

Laura Marling - The Needle and the Damage Done 

“I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.”

—Neil Simon
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