David O. Selznick Quotes

The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.

I can feel that the world this day is different than all the days of our lives before.

I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions.

If you’re not accurate, you’ll cause untold trouble.

The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.

They’re stealing my ideas. They’re imitating my shots.

If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.

Why do you knock yourself out? Take it easy.

At this rate, I’ll live forever.

There are only two kinds of class: First class and no class.

I cannot permit you to disrupt the Paramount schedule.

It’s somehow symbolic of Hollywood that Tara was just a facade, with no rooms inside.

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

I don’t think I’m going to do any good work this morning.

It’s all right; it’s not so much fun any more.

I’m so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.

Even this vein of writing is so foreign to me that I am amazed.