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Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.

Billy Wilder

I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.
BILLY WILDER

Church Nylon Religion
I just made pictures I would’ve liked to see.
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Like Made Picture
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
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Funny History Luck
I hate that word. It’s return–a return to the millions of people who’ve never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
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Hate People Return Screen
Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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Bastard Legitimate Make Money
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
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Cutting Finals Nine
Jerry: Oh, you don’t understand, Osgood! Ehhhh… I’m a man. Osgood: Well, nobody’s perfect.
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Men Perfect Wells
I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.
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Great Year Hollywood Films Movie
The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
BILLY WILDER

Hiding Plot Subtle
If something smells bad, why put your nose in it?
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Bad Noses Smell
[about the Hotel Marmont on Sunset Blvd., a piece of Hollywood history] I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.
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Bathroom Hotel Sleep Sunset
My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?
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Aunt Hold Pay Punctuation
Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood’s Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town.
BILLY WILDER

Fabulous Mean Towns
You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
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Dream Good Inspiration Morning
I am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it’s getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous.
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Act Appalled Courageous Get Perhaps Say
[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.
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Life Music Sarcastic

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