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Joan Crawford: Love is fire....

Joan Crawford: Love is fire....

Love is fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never...

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Shirley Temple Black: Won't the new...

Shirley Temple Black: Won't the new...

Won't the new 'Suggested for Mature Audience' protect our youngsters from such films? I don't believe so. I know many...

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Jean-Luc Godard: All you need...

Jean-Luc Godard: All you need...

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

Source: Journal entry 16 May 1991....

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Alfred Hitchcock: Television has done...

Alfred Hitchcock: Television has done...

Television has done much for psychiatry, by spreading information about it as well as contributing to the need for...

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Steven Spielberg: I've discovered I've...

Steven Spielberg: I've discovered I've...

I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.

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Steven Spielberg: I've always been...

Steven Spielberg: I've always been...

I've always been very hopeful which I guess isn't strange coming from me. I don't want to call myself an optimist. I...

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Drew Barrymore: I'm not after...

Drew Barrymore: I'm not after...

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly [that I want] to have a good job and have good...

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George Lucas: I wanted to...

George Lucas: I wanted to...

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology.

Source:...

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Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

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Sonny Rollins: America is deeply...

Sonny Rollins: America is deeply...

America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music.

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Ornette Coleman: I decided, if...

Ornette Coleman: I decided, if...

I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am....

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Ella Fitzgerald: It isn't where...

Ella Fitzgerald: It isn't where...

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts.

Source: In Ella...

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Josephine Baker: I like Frenchmen...

Josephine Baker: I like Frenchmen...

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

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Nina Simone: Music is a...

Nina Simone: Music is a...

Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.

Source:...

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Chet Atkins: I'll always be...

Chet Atkins: I'll always be...

I'll always be poor in my mind.

Source: In The Book of Country Music Wisdom, ed. by...

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Willie Nelson: I like myself...

Willie Nelson: I like myself...

I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.

Source: In The Book of Country...

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Clifton Fadiman: Experience teaches you...

Clifton Fadiman: Experience teaches you...

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is...

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Clifton Fadiman: When you read...

Clifton Fadiman: When you read...

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in YOU than there was...

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Aretha Franklin: Don t say...

Aretha Franklin: Don t say...

Don t say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Source: On the...

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Herman J Mankiewicz: You know it's...

Herman J Mankiewicz: You know it's...

You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.

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