Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the last place where I hear women's hair rhapsodically described, women's faces acclaimed in odelike language.

Quote by Ben Hecht

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In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not...

In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not...

A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt...

A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much...

People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much...

I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.

I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.

We looked on the hopheads, crooks and gunsels and on their bawdy ladies as members...

We looked on the hopheads, crooks and gunsels and on their bawdy ladies as members...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the...

Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the...

We are going to make sure that there is high-speed broadband available to everyone, and...

We are going to make sure that there is high-speed broadband available to everyone, and...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety

A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt...

A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt...

Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.

Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.

Love is a hole in the heart.

Love is a hole in the heart.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.

The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like...

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like...

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do...

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do...

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who...

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who...

The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow...

The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow...