Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.

I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.