Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit or talent. The rest of the fraternity is deadwood. Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark.
Ben HechtIn Hollywood a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.
Ben HechtI see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like it when life's hidden. It gives you a chance to imagine nice things, nicer than they are.
Ben HechtThere's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.
Ben Hecht