The Rule In The Art World Is:

A Man Nearly Always Loves For Other Reasons Than He Thinks. A Lover Is Apt To Be As Full Of Secrets From Himself As Is The Object Of His Love From Him.

The Factors That Laid Low So Whooping And Puissant An Empire As The Old Hollywood Are Many. I Can Think Of A Score, Including The Barbarian Hordes Of Television. But There Is One That Stands Out For Me In The Post-mortem.... The Factor Had To Do With The Basis Of Movie-making: 'who Shall Be In Charge Of Telling The Story.'

The Rule In The Art World Is: You Cater To The Masses Or You Kowtow To The Elite; You Can't Have Both.

Of The Things Men Give Each Other The Greatest Is Loyalty.

Movies Are One Of The Bad Habits That Have Corrupted Our Century. They Have Slipped Into The American Mind More Misinformation In One Evening Than The Dark Ages Could Muster In A Decade.