I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.

I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone...

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone...

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone...

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone...

I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town....

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town....

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.