Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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.
Compliments you pay to yourself aren't worth having.
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.
Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
If it isnโt for the writing, weโve got nothing. Writers are the most important people in Hollywood. And we must never let them know it.