Billy Wilder

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting. ”

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius. ”

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper. ”

France is the country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. ”

If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously. ”

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. ”

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. ”

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon. ”

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's. ”

I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes. ”