We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.

All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.

Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My oper…

Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights to be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is…

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

On one hand I'll stand up there and think I'm a pretty good storyteller but it has everything to do with the audience. Invariably, I get people telling me that…

A speech is entertaining only when serenely detached from all information.