Douglas Sirk

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

I had been attempting novels since I was 14 but always ran out of steam. High hopes, poor craftsmanship.