American - Writer | February 28, 1894 - April 18, 1964
A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.
Ben Hecht
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In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.
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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
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People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.
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I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.
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A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.
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I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.
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Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.
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There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
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I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
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There are millions of Americans who belong by nature in movie theaters as they belong at political rallies or in fortuneteller parlors and on the shoot-the-chutes. To these millions, the movies are a sort of boon - a gaudier version of religion.
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In pre-movie days, the business of peddling lies about life was spotty and unorganized. It was carried on by the cheaper magazines, dime novels, the hinterland preachers and whooping politicians.
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