Joe Gillis

"Solitude is the only honest company in this town."

"I learned too late that some prices are too high to pay."

"The adventure in Hollywood ends the moment you arrive."

"I had imagination. It wasn't enough."

"She was history the moment she fell in love with me."

"The music in this town is always someone else's song."

"I lost my faith in myself before I lost anything else."

"A real leader would have walked away. I wasn't real."

"Work in this town is just a fancy word for selling your time."

"Humor is the last defense against despair."

"I learned about beauty and discovered ugliness instead."

"Change comes whether you're ready for it or not."

"Education can't prepare you for this place."

"I accumulated knowledge about the wrong things."

"Perseverance only works if you're persevering toward something good."

"I needed strength I didn't have."

"Power corrupts slowly at first, then all at once."

"Health is less important than survival in this town."

"I stopped being motivated by art a long time ago."

"The only inspiration worth having is the kind that leads you away from here."

"I chose the wrong companion for this journey."

"Family feels like a dream from someone else's life."

"I had all the hope in the world once."

"The real war is the one happening inside you."

"Politics in this town is just gossip with consequences."

"Justice is whatever the powerful decide it is."

"I should have been more patient with myself."

"She had everything except the ability to let go."

"The real screenplay is the one you live, not the one you write."

"I learned that wisdom comes too late."