Ben Hecht

I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.

If you go into a union, they have got you, but what have you got?

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Imitate, assimilate and innovate.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I’m going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that’s OK.

When your life is nearly over, you will regret it if you look back and recall too many nights when you made excuses instead of making love.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

There’s a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I’m in the same boat.

Listen to the birds and don’t hate nobody.

When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.