On Ernst Lubitsch: He could do more with a closed door than other directors could do with an open fly.
Billy WilderThe ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.
Billy WilderFrance is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.
Billy WilderFilm’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.
Billy Wilder