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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.
My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.
If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.
I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America to see it.
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
[when asked by his secretary if she should destroy all files that were over ten years old] Yes, but keep copies.
I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.
Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of any thing that is worthwhile.
I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no - but I'm giving you a definite maybe.
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.
The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.
Having integrity...means being completely true to what is inside you - to what you know is right...what you feel you must do, regardless of the immediate cost of sacrifice...to be honorable and to behave decently.
People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.
If a young man is going to get ahead, if he is going to reach the top, he must be all wrapped up in what he is doing. He has to give his job - whatever it is - not only his talent but every bit of his enthusiasm and devotion.
The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.