If something smells bad, why put your nose in it?

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

Well, nobody's perfect.

[about the Hotel Marmont on Sunset Blvd., a piece of Hollywood history] I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.

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

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

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