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Ben Hecht Quotes

Ben Hecht quotes

American Writer February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964

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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. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "Love is a hole in the heart."
Love is a hole in the heart. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat."
Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "I'll tell you a secret. We live in a mad and inspiring world."
I'll tell you a secret. We live in a mad and inspiring world. Ben Hecht
McCue: Now, Mrs. Margolies, this is Mr. McCue of the City News Bureau— City News Bureau— is it rue, Madame that you were the victim of a peeping tom? Kruger: Ask her if she’s worth peeping at? Wilson: Has she got a friend? Ben Hecht
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. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away."
Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away. Ben Hecht
Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much. Ben Hecht
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. Ben Hecht
There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave. Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind... Ben Hecht
Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace."
In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony."
I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you..."
The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both. Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht quote: "People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their..."
People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized. Ben Hecht

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