Joe Gillis

"Dreams are the fuel that keeps you alive until they kill you."

"Humor is just pain in a funny outfit."

"Beauty fades. The only question is how you handle it when it does."

"Death is the only honest thing in Hollywood. Everything else is a lie."

"Perseverance is just another word for being too stubborn to quit."

"Gratitude is something I never had enough of."

"Creativity dies the moment you start thinking about money. I killed mine immediately."

"Justice doesn't exist in the entertainment industry."

"Kindness is weakness, or so they taught me."

"The strong survive. The weak become script readers."

"Power corrupts instantly. I saw it happen."

"Health is just something you take for granted until you don't have it."

"Adventure is just another word for running away from your problems."

"Imagination is what keeps you sane when reality is insane."

"Technology changes faster than people can adapt to it."

"History is written by the winners, not the struggling writers."

"Philosophy teaches you to think. Hollywood teaches you not to."

"Literature is what I wanted to create. Garbage is what I got paid to create."

"Politics is just show business for people without talent."

"War is when countries do what Hollywood does every day: destroy lives for profit."

"Motivation comes from desperation, not inspiration."

"Inspiration is a luxury for people who don't have bills to pay."

"Relationships in this town are transactions. Nothing more."

"Solitude is what you get when you can't afford company."

"I've learned that timing is everything. Usually too late."

"The truth always comes out, usually at the worst possible moment."

"A man's character is tested not in success, but in desperation."

"The only real tragedy is that nobody learns anything."

"You can reinvent yourself here, but you can't escape yourself."

"Some people are born winners. I was born a bystander."