Sunset Boulevard

"I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway."

"They say this town chews up dreamers and spits them out."

"Time catches up with everyone eventually."

"I wanted to be a writer. Instead, I became a hack."

"The pool was just sitting there, empty and inviting."

"You can't go home again, not when you've tasted this kind of life."

"I'm not good at anything. That's my problem."

"Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."

"I needed the money. That's all there was to it."

"A studio writer can't write. That's the secret of the whole thing."

"In this town, dreams are a commodity. Everyone's selling, nobody's buying."

"You don't know the whole story. Nobody does until they've lived it."

"I'm writing a screenplay about a woman who shot a man. Trouble is, nobody knows who she is."

"I don't ask for much. Just devotion."

"The best revenge is living well."

"Loyalty is a rare and precious thing."

"I could teach them all a thing or two about acting."

"The past is never past. It's always present."

"This house is my kingdom, and I'm queen."

"I've learned that wanting isn't having."

"Love is the most dangerous thing on earth."

"I gave them art. They gave me silence."

"The camera loved me. It always loved me."

"I won't be forgotten. Legends never are."

"There's always tomorrow for a comeback."

"I've forgotten more than they'll ever know."

"Youth doesn't recognize value when it sees it."

"I'm not mad. I'm only sick of this world."

"Dreams are all I have left."

"I've seen empires rise and fall."