The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both.

Quote by Ben Hecht

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In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak...

In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak...

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

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...

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...

I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than...

I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than...

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...

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required...

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required...

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...

Love is a hole in the heart.

Love is a hole in the heart.

Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At...

Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At...

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

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

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...

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

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

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my...

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my...

Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep...

Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep...

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...

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...

I am always saying 'Glad to have met you.' to somebody I'm not at all...

I am always saying 'Glad to have met you.' to somebody I'm not at all...

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.