Melvin Udall This is New York, pal. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Melvin Udall Some of us have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes, with boats, and friends, and noodle salad. Just, no one in this car. But, a lot of people, that's their story. Good times, noodle salad. What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but you're that pissed that so many others had it good. Melvin Udall I can't do this without you. I'm afraid he might pull the stiff one-eye on me.