The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

It would be so much better if the critics would come, not on first nights, but on last nights, when they could exercise their undoubted flair for funeral orations.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

Cinema as a means of expression fascinates me.