There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.

The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some of them powerful, almost all of them vociferous, and almost none of them capable of anything much more creative than credit-stealing and self-promotion.

There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

Undoubtedly the stories about them [hard-boiled detectives] had a fantastic element. Such things happened, but not so rapidly, nor to so close-knit a group of people, nor within so narrow a frame of logic. This was inevitable because the demand was for constant action; if you stopped to think you were lost. When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.

It is not a fragrant world.

Above all never forget that a marriage is in one way very much like a newspaper. It has to be made fresh every damn day of every damn year.