Sunset Boulevard

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

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

"Humor is just pain in a funny outfit."

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

"Work is what you do to survive. Passion is what you do to live."

"A good leader knows when to walk away. I never learned that lesson."

"Faith is something I stopped having a long time ago."

"Science can explain a lot of things, but not why people stay in bad situations."

"Art is what you do when you're not thinking about money. I always think about money."

"Nature doesn't care about your failures. The sun rises anyway."

"Peace is for people who've already won."

"Freedom is expensive. I couldn't afford it."

"Knowledge of the industry is the only currency that matters."

"Education means nothing out here. Only connections matter."

"Courage is knowing you'll probably fail and doing it anyway."

"The past is a ghost. It haunts you whether you invite it or not."

"I should have taken the bus back to Ohio when I had the chance."

"A woman's memory is a funny thing. She remembers what she wants to remember."

"The best films are written by people who have nothing to lose and everything to prove."

"You can't help falling in love with the wrong person. It just happens."

"Patience is a virtue nobody in this town can afford."

"Some people are born to be stars. I was born to watch them."

"The valley of the dolls. That's what they call this town."

"You start out wanting to change the system. The system changes you instead."

"Time in Hollywood moves differently. Minutes feel like hours, years like days."

"The typewriter is your best friend and your worst enemy."

"She gave me everything except the one thing I really needed: respect."

"You come to California to escape something. Sometimes it catches you anyway."

"Loyalty doesn't exist in this business. Only opportunity."

"The camera loves certain people. She was one of them."