Travis Bickle

"The city tests you every day."

"I gotta be better than yesterday."

"Weakness gets you killed."

"I believe in something."

"Tomorrow I'll try again."

"I'm not running from nothing."

"The answer is in my hands."

"I exist."

"You know what I'm saying? I'm clean. I'm very, very clean."

"Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets."

"I don't believe that one should talk about oneself."

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere."

"I'm God's lonely man."

"You're a young girl, you should be at home."

"Listen, I got my own way of doing things."

"All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal."

"I work nights. It's better for me."

"My life has taken many turns. But I'm always trying."

"You talking to me? You talking to me?"

"I got some bad ideas in my head."

"Each night when I return the cab to the garage, I have to clean the come off the back seat. Some nights I clean it off the walls."

"Taxi driver, that's what I am. Driving through the city."

"I should be a model citizen."

"I got a lot of bad ideas in my brain."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"You know, I got a many different personalities."

"I'm a little nocturnal. I like the night."

"I can't sleep nights anymore."

"There's no escape. You reach a point where you don't care anymore."

"I think I should be a whole different person."