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

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

God save me from myself.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can spell, maybe even plays the piano. She may be a wispy, thin little thing, but when you see that girl, you know you're really in the presence of something. In that league there's only ever been Garbo, and the other Hepburn, and maybe Bergman. It's a rare quality, but boy, do you know when you've found it.

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

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.