When you side with a man, you stay with him. And if you can't do that, you're like some animal. You're finished. We're finished. All of us.
William HoldenMovie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.
William HoldenI feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and kids. I feel guilty and conscience-stricken, and all of those things you think sentimental, but which my generation calls simple human decency. And I miss my home, because I'm beginning to get scared shitless, because all of a sudden it's closer to the end than the beginning, and death is suddenly a perceptible thing to me, with definable features.
William HoldenAging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.
William Holden