Preston Sturges

"I worked out a rather deep-dish theory defining the theater as a form of architecture rather than a form of literature."

"That's one of the tragedies of this life - that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous."

"THE POLITICIANIf it wasn't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics. Men without ambition. Jellyfish!CATHERINEEspecially since you can't rob the people anyway. THE POLITICIANSure... How was that?CATHERINEWhat you rob, you spend. And what you spend goes back to the people. So where's the robbery? I read that in one of my father's books. THE POLITICIANThat book should be in every home!"

"When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing over again."