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

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood's Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town. I am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous. I have never met anyone as utterly mean as Marilyn Monroe. Nor as utterly fabulous on the screen, and that includes Garbo.

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

I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.