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

Make subtlety obvious.

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

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.

I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.

It was a hot afternoon and I can still remember the smell of honeysuckle all along the street. How can I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?

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