She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

Not only is the motion picture an art, but it is the one entirely new art that has been evolved on this planet for hundreds of years. It is the only art at which we of this generation have any possible chance to greatly excel.

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

The kind of lawyer you hope the other fellow has.

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be." Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.

Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.