When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a political mafia.

The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.

War to me is the stupidest way of settling anything. The whole damn thing goes to pieces.

There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. That they become fads. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. That part of it all is performance for the media. I didn't know whether they are completely honest.

Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed