“Like the actor, authority has faith in its false whiskers. But its deepest faith is in the human illusion. People will hang on to illusion as eagerly as life itself.” PeopleHumansActorsAuthorityIllusionHave FaithWhiskers Author:Ben Hecht
“The writer is a definite human phenomenon. He is almost a type - as pugilists are a type. He may be a bad writer - an insipid one or a clumsy one - but there is a bug in him that keeps spinning yarns; and that bulges his brow a bit, narrows his jaws, weakens his eyes and gives him girl children instead of boys. Nobody but a writer can write. People who hang around writers for years - as producers did - who are much smarter and have much better taste, never learn to write.” PeopleGivingWritingYearsHumansMayChildrenEyeGirlBitsBoysTypeTasteProducersHis EyesPhenomenonSmarterDefiniteBugsSpinningBrowsClumsyInsipidYarnGirl Child Author:Ben Hecht
“They're a symbol of the whole town, pretending to fight, love, weep and laugh all the time - and they're phonies, all of them. And I head the list...their phony hearts were dripping with the milk of human kindness.” HumansHeartWholeFightingKindnessLaughingTownsListsSymbolsPretendingMilkPhonyDrippingHuman Kindness Author:Ben Hecht
