In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel. Ben Hecht activelybrothelemploy Change image and share on social
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 artcaterelite Change image and share on social
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 belongconnectdirector share on social
I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. Ben Hecht brainhollywoodjacket Change image and share on social
Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland, there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit and talent... Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark. Ben Hecht badcuriousdifference share on social
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. Ben Hecht artcarrycliche share on social
Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less. Ben Hecht halfmovieweek Change image and share on social
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 clockdeterminehand Change image and share on social
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. Ben Hecht alleycellchicago share on social
