109 Quotes by Billy Wilder

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.

I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.

I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.

You know, that stuff about pink elephants, that's the bunk. It's little animals. Little tiny turkeys in straw hats. Midget monkeys coming through the keyholes.

The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.

I'm delighted with it, because it used to be that films were the lowest form of art. Now we've got something to look down on.

Develop a clean line of action for your leading character

Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.

Ever notice how these European trains always smell of eau de cologne and hard boiled eggs?