"The United States Congress, acting with large bipartisan majorities, at the urging of the President, enacted as the l…"

"You're out of touch with reality in that regard."

"People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned -- it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned -- and the …"

"Three millions yearly for manure, But not one cent for literature."

"We movie people should not be afraid of what people will say of our work. We should not allow a word or a theory to d…"

"You can't use imitation silk before the motion picture camera. The lens is even quicker to detect imitation emotion."

"Horace said: "He who would make others weep, must first have wept himself." Every motion picture director should have…"

"Ever since I was six years old people have been prophesying that I was going to kill myself with overwork. All the pr…"

"We could make some very fine motion pictures if we didn't have to bother with cameras and lights."

"The censors are going to stop crime by censoring the films. Why don't they put an end to diseases by burning the medi…"