Samuel Goldwyn
A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.Collection: Dating
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.Collection: Funny
Let's have some new cliches.Collection: Funny
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.Collection: Work
The harder I work, the luckier I get.Collection: Work
I read part of it all the way through.Collection: Funny
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.Collection: Movies
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.Collection: Movies
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?Collection: Movies
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.Collection: Morning
The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.Collection: Smile
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.Collection: Truth
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.Collection: Smile
Please write music like Wagner, only louder.Collection: Music
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.Collection: Movies
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.Collection: Truth
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.Collection: Success
I never liked you, and I always will.Collection: Funny
Include me out.Collection: Funny
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.Collection: Intelligence
Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.Collection: Medical
A hospital is no place to be sick.Collection: Medical
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.Collection: Positive
I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.
I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.
Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Ill give you a definite maybe.
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
God makes stars. I just produce them.
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
Television has raised writing to a new low.
For your information, I would like to ask a question.