Sunset Boulevard

"Work in this town is just a fancy word for selling your time."

"A real leader would have walked away. I wasn't real."

"I lost my faith in myself before I lost anything else."

"The music in this town is always someone else's song."

"She was history the moment she fell in love with me."

"I had imagination. It wasn't enough."

"The adventure in Hollywood ends the moment you arrive."

"I learned too late that some prices are too high to pay."

"Solitude is the only honest company in this town."

"I should have been grateful for what I had."

"The machine doesn't care about your dreams or your talent."

"I let fear make all my decisions for me."

"In the end, the only thing worth writing about is the truth."

"She gave me everything except what I actually wanted."

"I was brave enough to stay but not brave enough to leave."

"The real art is in knowing what not to say."

"Patience is something I never learned."

"I came here to make movies. I ended up making deals with the devil."

"Every person in this town is waiting for their big break."

"I learned that kindness is weakness in Hollywood."

"The pool is the only thing that doesn't judge you."

"She was trapped in her own mansion like a prisoner."

"I should have written the truth instead of the screenplay."

"Power in this town belongs to those willing to compromise."

"I was too weak to leave and too proud to stay."

"Sometimes the best ending is the one you don't see coming."

"The typewriter doesn't lie, even when you do."

"I had dreams once. Now I just have bills."

"This town will chew you up and spit you out with a smile."

"She loved the idea of me more than she loved me."