The most remarkable thing about Hollywood is that it does not exist. ... Hollywood, in a word, has no center, never had one, no city hall, court house, church, square, or rather it probably has some of those but they're so aimlessly thrown in with the general jumble ... that I, for one, never found them.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.

People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.

To be a Jew is a destiny

A woman who is loved always has success.

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.