Money makes even bastards legitimate.

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

God save me from myself.

You're as good as the best thing you've ever done.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe me, in the last fifteen years there were ten projects that came to me, and I'd start working on them and I'd think, 'It's not going to work, it needs Marilyn Monroe.' Nobody else is in that orbit; everyone else is earthbound by comparison.