- Ann Marie: I can't believe that. There has to be a way. If they can put a man on the moon they ought to be able to invent a way for two people who are mad at each other to call each other up and speak to each other and remind each other that they still love each other even if they are mad.
- Donald Hollinger: It's bound to be a hit!
- Ann Marie: Well naturally! We're not gonna give up our evenings to write a flop!
- Donald Hollinger: You, my sweet, are fraught with possibilities.
- Ann Marie: For what?
- Donald Hollinger: A play about you. You know, it would practically write itself?
- Donald Hollinger: A girl alone in New York City trying to grow up.
- Ann Marie: What do you mean trying to grow up?
- Donald Hollinger: A girl who wants to be a person
- Ann Marie: I am a person.
- Donald Hollinger: Taking a bite out of the apple.
- Ann Marie: What apple?
- Donald Hollinger: A girl with all of your characteristics. Unpredictable, inconsistent, illogical...
- Ann Marie: Hey!
- Donald Hollinger: Warm, loving, ready to embrace the world.
- Ann Marie: That's better.
- Donald Hollinger: You and Ruthie oughta to do the same thing.
- Jerry Bauman: What? Mess around?
- Donald Hollinger: No, collaborate on something.
- Jerry Bauman: [laughs] Forget it. We may have been silly enough to get married, but we're much too smart to try to collaborate.
- Ruth Bauman: I've got a flash for you. If you're going to spend your life keeping track of who said what and how and when, then you better plan on staying single. the only things that count are the things that people do.
- Ann Marie: Does that include the things that people don't do?
- Ruth Bauman: I've got an idea. Why don't we all go to a movie tonight?
- Jerry Bauman: Honey, we've been to a movie every night this week.
- Jerry Bauman: [Ruthie kicks Jerry] Why, why don't we go to a movie tonight?