Nobody, but nobody, makes a monkey out of William Randolph Hearst!
There are letters of accent and letters of tone, but the best of all letters is to let her alone.
You cannot capture a man’s entire life in two hours. All you can hope is to leave the impression of one.
Why is it when you scratch a prim, starchy English schoolgirl, you get a swooning moving-picture fan who’s forgotten all she ever learned about the Battle of Hastings?[to Rita]
This is a business where the buyer gets nothing for his money but a memory. What he bought still belongs to the man who sold it. That’s the real magic of the movies, and don’t let anybody tell you different.
The narrative is one big circle, like a cinnamon roll, not a straight line pointing to the nearest exit.
Real families root for each other in the good times, take care of each other in tough ones.
People think because you’re on the cover of Modern Screen, they know you.
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One never remembers one’s disasters. It’s considered gauche.
In socialism, everyone shares the wealth. In communism, everyone shares the poverty.
If you keep telling people something untrue, loud and long enough, they’re apt to believe it.
If you just give people what they need to know in an emotional way, you can expect they’ll do the right thing.
