No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the other fellow just bought.

If it isn’t for the writing, we’ve got nothing. Writers are the most important people in Hollywood. And we must never let them know it.

Compliments you pay to yourself aren't worth having.

The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.

No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the other fellow just bought.

Screen credit is valuable only when it's given you. If you're in a position to give yourself credit, you don't need it.

The most important person in the motion picture process is the writer... and we must do everything in our power to prevent them from ever realizing it.