We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.

When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

In picture-making the writer is the most important cog in the wheel.

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

Keep a stiff upper chin.