[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original.

I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.