It stands to reason that he who would cure a moral ailment must be practically acquainted with it in all its bearings.

If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clearly recognize as reasonable, they will always find the next step more easy both to see and take.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

Coffee isn't my cup of tea.

A verbal contract is worth about as much as the paper it's written on.

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.

I read part of it all the way through.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead

If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.

If I look confused it’s because I’m thinking.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.

I have been laid up with intentional flu.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

You've got to take the bitter with the sour.

Pictures are entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Let's have some new cliches.

No person who is enthusiastic about her work has anything to fear from life.

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

A hospital is no place to be sick

If you've got a message, send a telegram.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

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 was always an independent, even when I had partners.

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.

I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.

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.

I can give you a definite perhaps.

No agency is better than its account executives.

God makes stars. I just produce them.

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.

If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

For your information, I would like to ask a question.

I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'

Ill give you a definite maybe.

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.

We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.