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A Dictionary of Cinema Quotations from Filmmakers and Critics: Over 3400 Axioms, Criticisms, Opinions and Witticisms from 100 Years of the Cinema

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Writers, critics, toastmasters and others involved in the film industry will find this book useful for supplying quotes from the industry's best. And the book's organization and index supply all the buttons to gain access to what you're looking for.

But beware, all who are looking for a quickie quote. You'll open a page that's just your subject and come up for air hours later. The book might be great as a reference tool, but it's also wonderfully entertaining.

A Dictionary of Cinema Quotations From Filmmakers And Critics by Stephen Ringler. Not a movie quotes or snatches-of-dialogue book, this is instead an unparalleled source for the best quotations ever uttered by those involved in the filmmaking business.

Brilliant observations and witticisms by Hollywood's best and brightest, covering over 100 years. Mostly zingers you've never heard before (where did Ringler find all these?!) Peerless in its selection, this book entertains, enlightens and illuminates like no other. A costly little commodity for its 207 pages, it makes up for it in the sheer quality of its 3,400 entries. A few worthy examples:

"I always thought the actors were hired to ruin the writers' lives." - Robert Benton

"Audiences attract dollars; stars attract audiences; characters attract stars." - David Geffner

"Show business is high school plus money." - Stephen Speilberg

"Hollywood never learns from its own failures, only other people's successes." - Robert Redford

The top tome on my movie book shelf.