If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.

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

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

I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.

One's too many and a hundred's not enough.

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.