"You Talkin' to Me?": The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes

This deep dive into hundreds of Hollywood’s most iconic and beloved lines is a must-have for every film buff.

"You Talkin’ to Me?" is a fun, fascinating, and exhaustively reported look at all the iconic Hollywood movie quotes we know and love, from Casablanca to Dirty Harry and The Godfather to Mean Girls. Drawing on interviews, archival sleuthing, and behind-the-scenes details, the book examines the origins and deeper meanings of hundreds of film lines: how they’ve impacted, shaped, and reverberated through the culture, defined eras in Hollywood, and become cemented in the modern lexicon. Packed with film stills, sidebars, lists, and other fun detours throughout movie history, the book covers all genres and a diverse range of directors, writers, and audiences.

Brian Abrams is the author of "You Talkin' to Me?": The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes. He has also written many best-selling oral histories, tackling the subjects of "Late Night with David Letterman," Gawker, "Die Hard," and the Obama presidency. Upon publication of his first book, Party Like a President: True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief from the Oval Office, he was dubbed "the Ken Burns of presidential alcoholism."