Samuel Goldwyn

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

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.

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.