female reporter: if you could"ve found out what rosebud meant, i bet that would"ve explained everything.

　　jerry thompson: no, i don"t think so; no. mr. kane was a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it. maybe rosebud was something he couldn"t get, or something he lost. anyway, it wouldn"t have explained anything... i don"t think any word can explain a man"s life. no, i guess rosebud is just a... piece in a jigsaw puzzle... a missing piece.

　　susan alexander kane: i don"t know many people.

　　charles foster kane: i know too many people. i guess we"re both lonely.