Bright Lights, Big City (1988) - Quotes

A Journey Far from Home

Taglines: He's a long way from Kansas.

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Morning Reflection in Bright Lights, Big City

Taglines: It's 6.00am. Do you know where you are?

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Illusions of Wealth and Success

Taglines: All that glitters is not gold.

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Navigating Inner Turmoil and External Fears

Vicky: Are you sure you're all right?

Jamie Conway: Well, my brain is trying to find a way out of its skull - and I'm afraid of just about everything; but, I'm okay.

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Reflections on Writing and Editing Careers

Alex Hardy: I started off as an office boy at the magazine - got published every so often. I used to write satirical sketches on Manhattan highlife.

Jamie Conway: I know, I used to read that stuff. Amazing.

Alex Hardy: Yeah. A lot more fun than being an editor. All I do as an editor is read a lot of undisciplined, untalented crap.

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A Conversation About Clara's Behavior

Walter Tyler: So how's Clara behaving?

Jamie Conway: Same as usual. Like a fourth-grade tyrant.

Walter Tyler: I've always wanted to ask somebody in Fact - does Clara piss in the men's room or the ladies'?

Jamie Conway: I don't believe she pisses.

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Reflections on a Broken Relationship

Jamie Conway: We sort of split up.

Theresa: Too bad for you. She was yummy! Sort of the slinky girl-next-door look. Very ingenuous.

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Embracing the Night's Adventures

Tad Allagash: Ready to roll? The girls are waiting.

Jamie Conway: Right. Where are we rolling to?

Tad Allagash: Into the heart of the night! Wherever there are dances to be danced, drugs to be hoovered, women to be Allagashed. It's a dirty job, Jamie, but somebody's got to do it.

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Miscommunication in Creative Expression

Tad Allagash: [reads paper in typewriter] Doing a little writing, are we? Yeah! "Dead Amanda"! I told ya, you get more nookie than you can shake a fucking stick at if you just told people your wife was dead.

Jamie Conway: I hit the wrong key.

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A Conversation About Drug Possession

Tad Allagash: Speaking of drugs, are you in possession?

Jamie Conway: Negative.

Tad Allagash: Not even a single line for young Tad?

Jamie Conway: Sorry.

Tad Allagash: Not even a mirror to lick?

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A Unique Offer from the Ferret Man

Ferret Man: Want to buy a ferret?

Jamie: No, thanks.

Ferret Man: Loose joints. Genuine Hawaiian sens. His name is Fred...

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Feeling Overwhelmed by Small-Minded People

Alex Hardy: Pygmies. I'm surrounded by pygmies.

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Nostalgia for Past Days in the Office

Alex Hardy: [rambling on aimlessly to himself] ...Siamese fighting fish in the water cooler... the old crew in the golden days of this magazine would have thought of it.

Allagash Heritage and Attractiveness Explained

Tad Allagash: She's an Allagash. She has Allagash genes. She's a very attractive lady. She'll also inherit a little of the Allagash money.

A Night of Excess and Indulgence

Tad Allagash: I, believe it or not, took this bimbo back to her place on Fifth Avenue. Did some of her off-the-boat-quality drugs. We scooped it out of these tall Ming vases - did it off each other's naked bodies. Fucking beautiful, man.

Learning to Navigate Life's Challenges Slowly

Jamie Conway: You have to go slowly. You'll have to learn everything all over again.

Legal Advice on Sexual Abandonment

Jamie Conway: This man calls. He said he was her lawyer. Easiest thing all the way around, he said was for me to sue her for sexual abandonment. A legal term, he said.

Painful Rabies Shots and Their Misconceptions

Jamie Conway: I hear rabies shots are really painful. They put needles in your dick or something.

Navigating Unfamiliar Terrain at Dawn

Jamie Conway: [voiceover] You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning and, though the details are fuzzy. You cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar.