- Lou Grant: The airconditioning on the blink again?
- Art Donovan: Yeah, for about an hour.
- Lou Grant: Well, why doesn't somebody open a window?
- Art Donovan: Because when they put the airconditioning in, they nailed the windows shut.
- Billie Newman: [at the airport] Are you Joe Rossi?
- Joe Rossi: Yeah.
- Billie Newman: [sighs with relief] I didn't know how I was gonna recognize you, but it's interesting how I picked you out.
- [no reaction from Rossi]
- Billie Newman: Well, from the typewriter, of course.
- [indicating the case he's carrying]
- Joe Rossi: That's not my typewriter, it's my toilet kit.
- Joe Rossi: Whats your name again?
- Billie Newman: Billie Newman.
- Joe Rossi: Billie. Can't feature a reporter named Billie.
- Billie Newman: How 'bout a President named Jimmy? You know, it's really 'Billie Jo', but, eh, I knocked off the last part to make it sound more professional.
- Joe Rossi: It didn't work.
- Lou Grant: I think this is not Rossi's best writing, I think that girl has something to do with it!
- Charlie Hume: You think she's beguiling him with her charms?
- Lou Grant: I know he's not beguiling her with his, he doesn't have any.
- Joe Rossi: I couldn't sleep, I couldn't sleep.
- Billie Newman: Well, if you couldn't sleep, I'm certainly glad you woke me up. I mean, one thing I really don't wanna do is be sleeping when you're having a hard time.
- Lou Grant: Rossi wants to share his byline with that girl.
- Art Donovan: I think that's the most intimate he's ever been with a woman.