Sunset Boulevard

"I don't know how to kiss, or I wouldn't ask someone to demonstrate."

"Without me, there wouldn't be any pictures at all."

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

"This town is a beautiful graveyard of forgotten dreams."

"I lost myself trying to find someone else."

"Success tasted like ashes."

"The pursuit of happiness led me to misery."

"I could have written something true, but nobody wanted the truth."

"Hope is just another word for self-deception."

"I learned that wisdom comes too late."

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

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

"I should have been more patient with myself."

"Justice is whatever the powerful decide it is."

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

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

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

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

"I chose the wrong companion for this journey."

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

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

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

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

"I needed strength I didn't have."

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

"I accumulated knowledge about the wrong things."

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

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

"I learned about beauty and discovered ugliness instead."

"Humor is the last defense against despair."