Sunset Boulevard

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

"The end is the only honest part of any story."

"I wanted to be something. I ended up being nothing."

"The real monster isn't the person holding the gun. It's the system that loaded it."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Motivation comes from desperation, not inspiration."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Power corrupts instantly. I saw it happen."

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

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

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

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

"Gratitude is something I never had enough of."

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