Howard Hughes — "I'm a perfectionist. I want everything to be perfect."

"I need to be absolutely clean. Everything needs to be sterile."

"first soak and remove the label, and then brush the cylindrical part of the can over and over until all particles of dust, pieces of paper label, and, in general, all sources of contamination have bee…"

"No! Never check an interesting fact!"

"...obtain a brand new knife, never used, to open a new box of Kleenex, using the knife to open the slot. After the box is open you are to take the little tag and the first piece of Kleenex and destroy…"

"Wash four distinct and separate times, using lots of lather each time from individual bars of soap."