There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

Producers are men who will keep their heads in the noisy presence of writers and directors and not be carried away by art in any of its subversive guises. Their task is to guard against the unusual. They are the trusted loyalists of cliche.

The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both.

I have lived in other cities but been inside of only one. I once wore all the windows of Chicago and all its doorways on a key ring. Salons, mansions, alleys, courtrooms, depots, factories, hotels, police cells, the lake front, the rooftops and the sidewalks were my haberdashery.

The highest law in nature is love yourself, and seek your own interests before anything else

The trouble with law is lawyers