Scriptwriting [for film] 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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Compassion is a two way street.

Compassion is a two way street.

Don't follow trends, start trends.

Don't follow trends, start trends.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are...

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are...

Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.

Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.

Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face.

Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Talent works, genius creates.

Talent works, genius creates.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...