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.

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.

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

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.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

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...

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.

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...

If there's anything I hate more than being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.

If there's anything I hate more than being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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...

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it...

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it...

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.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in...

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in...

If you love the truth, you'll trust it - that is, you will expect it...

If you love the truth, you'll trust it - that is, you will expect it...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.