Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Chaplin is no business man - all he knows is that he can't take anything less.
In picture-making the writer is the most important cog in the wheel.
I'd hire the devil himself as a writer if he gave me a good story.
My wife's hands are very beautiful. I'm going to have a bust made of them.
I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.