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

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

Ben Hecht quotes: The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.

The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.

Ben Hecht quotes: Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos.

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos.

Ben Hecht quotes: That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.

That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.

Ben Hecht quotes: Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing.

Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing.

Ben Hecht quotes: In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.

In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.

Ben Hecht quotes: There is nothing as dull as an intellectual ally after a certain age.

There is nothing as dull as an intellectual ally after a certain age.

Ben Hecht quotes: Of the things men give each other the greatest is loyalty.

Of the things men give each other the greatest is loyalty.

Ben Hecht quotes: He was in love with life as an ant on a summer blade of grass.

He was in love with life as an ant on a summer blade of grass.

Ben Hecht quotes: 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 quotes: Three years ago, the white hope of the theatre. Today, a mug. That's New York for you. Puts you on a Christmas tree, and then - the alley.

Three years ago, the white hope of the theatre. Today, a mug. That's New York for you. Puts you on a Christmas tree, and then - the alley.

Ben Hecht quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

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 quotes: A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.

A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.

Ben Hecht quotes: 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 quotes: Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different.

Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different.

Ben Hecht quotes: The German mass murder of the Jews ... brought my Jewishness to the surface.

The German mass murder of the Jews ... brought my Jewishness to the surface.

Ben Hecht quotes: What better is there to sigh for than happiness, yesterday's or tomorrow's.

What better is there to sigh for than happiness, yesterday's or tomorrow's.

Ben Hecht quotes: Out of the seventy movies I've written some ten of them were not entirely waste product.

Out of the seventy movies I've written some ten of them were not entirely waste product.

Ben Hecht quotes: I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.

Ben Hecht quotes: The only practical way yet discovered by the world for curing its ills is to forget about them.

The only practical way yet discovered by the world for curing its ills is to forget about them.

Ben Hecht quotes: There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.

There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.

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

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 quotes: Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Ben Hecht quotes: In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

Ben Hecht quotes: Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.

Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.

Ben Hecht quotes: I see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like it when life's hidden. It gives you a chance to imagine nice things, nicer than they are.

I see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like it when life's hidden. It gives you a chance to imagine nice things, nicer than they are.

Ben Hecht quotes: Love is a hole in the heart.

Love is a hole in the heart.

Ben Hecht quotes: The movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people.

The movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people.

Ben Hecht quotes: Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less.

Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less.

Ben Hecht quotes: Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or respect for what was in others.

Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or respect for what was in others.

Ben Hecht quotes: 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 quotes: Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you're in over your head.

Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you're in over your head.

Ben Hecht quotes: People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.

People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.