I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

Quote by Samuel Goldwyn

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This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do...

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do...

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

I read part of it all the way through.

I read part of it all the way through.

If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never...

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never...

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

I read part of it all the way through.

I read part of it all the way through.

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Some of the characters in the story had a fortune in fantasy lives.

Some of the characters in the story had a fortune in fantasy lives.