Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

Once you find the right idea, then go ahead and embellish it.

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man.