Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed.

Quote by Frank Capra

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My advice to young film-makers is this: Don't follow trends, Start them!

My advice to young film-makers is this: Don't follow trends, Start them!

In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's...

In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's...

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by...

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by...

My advice to young film-makers is this: Don't follow trends, Start them!

My advice to young film-makers is this: Don't follow trends, Start them!

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become...

Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become...

If you want to send a message, try Western Union.

If you want to send a message, try Western Union.

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music

Don't follow trends, start trends.

Don't follow trends, start trends.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is...

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is...

Compassion is a two way street.

Compassion is a two way street.

Scriptwriting [for film] is the toughest part of the whole racket . . . the...

Scriptwriting [for film] is the toughest part of the whole racket . . . the...

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we...

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we...

Night was a wonderful time in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Air conditioning was unknown except...

Night was a wonderful time in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Air conditioning was unknown except...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

Woody makes a movie as if he were lighting 10,000 safety matches to illuminate a...

Woody makes a movie as if he were lighting 10,000 safety matches to illuminate a...

An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.

An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...