David O. Selznick

“Even this vein of writing is so foreign to me that I am amazed.”

“I can feel that the world this day is different than all the days of our lives before.”

“This dame keeps dragging me into the bushes. Keep your eye open, you may have to rescue me.”

“At this rate, I'll live forever.”

“I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.”

“It's all right; it's not so much fun any more.”

“If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.”

“Why do you knock yourself out? Take it easy.”

“Thank God for your mother.”

“I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions.”

“I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.”

“They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots.”

“If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.”

“I cannot permit you to disrupt the Paramount schedule.”

“You think you know her. Just wait and see the change. I'll have her trained in no time.”

“The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.”

“The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.”

“She has good instincts, but wrong judgments. She'll rue the day.”

“There are only two classes - first class and no class.”

“Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion.”