I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.

I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.

I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.

I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.