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France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can’t tear the toilet paper.

Billy Wilder

The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
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Hiding Plot Subtle
Make subtlety obvious.
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Make Obvious Subtlety
They’ve tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won’t work. She was an original.
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Keep Manufacture Original Trying
An actor entering through the door, you’ve got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you’ve got a situation.
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Actors Doors Entering Situation
After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can spell, maybe even plays the piano.
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Class Girl Real Somebody Stars
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
Well, nobody’s perfect.
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Gender Nobody Perfect Well
If something smells bad, why put your nose in it?
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Bad Noses Smell
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
Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
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Inspirational Motivational Movie
If you don’t like what you’re doing, it’s unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.
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First Firsts Own Unlikely
The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.
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Believe People World
[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.
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Life Music Sarcastic
Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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Bastard Legitimate Make Money
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.
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Deserve Fight Important Writer
The best director is the one you don’t see.
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Directors Inspirational Motivational

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