Richard Dean Anderson: Ernest Pratt, Nicodemus Legend

Quotes 

• Ernest Pratt : [turning down breakfast and pouring himself a glass of Whiskey instead]  I never eat on an empty stomach.

• Ernest Pratt : Madam, I assure you, I am merely Ernest Pratt. Ink-stained wretch of a man, sometimes successful author - and free for the evening, incidentally.

• Ernest Pratt : Allow me to offer the hospitality of the city. I can show you the sights of San Francisco tourists rarely see... my hotel room for example.

• Ernest Pratt : I couldn't find Rockland Pass if you gave me a map and that was the only thing on it.

• Janos Bartok : What do you know about sounds?

  Ernest Pratt : Just that you seem to make a lot of them.

• Janos Bartok : I call it the 'Bartok Steam-Powered Town and Country Quadro-Velocipede'.

  Ernest Pratt : I call it a land rover.

• Ernest Pratt : I just can't assume the identity of Nicodemus Legend!

  Janos Bartok : Why not?

  Ernest Pratt : Because we're nothing alike! He leaps wide canyons, runs like a deer, swims like a spawning salmon... except for the spawning part I can't do any of that.

• Janos Bartok : Don't worry, we'll be right behind you.

  Ernest Pratt : So, logistically speaking, I'll be between you and the bullet, right?

• Ernest Pratt : It's unethical. It's immoral. It's how we built this great nation. But it's not illegal.

• Harry Parver : [reading from copy of telegram]  Imperative you meet public appearance obligations, stop. Last Legend novel barely recouped expenses, stop. If contract not complied with, advance on next book forfeit...

  Nicodemus Legend/Ernest Pratt : STOP!