Author: Preston Sturges

Quotes

I go through life accumulating possessions... I've always done it... and then, every once in a while, a sort of tidal wave comes along and washes them all away.

I go through life accumulating possessions... I've always done it... and then, every once in a while, a sort of tidal wave comes along and washes them all away.

- Preston Sturges

I have always wondered why the movie industry was so firmly persuaded that the original author could be of no possible help in the case of a remake or any other change in a work.

I have always wondered why the movie industry was so firmly persuaded that the original author could be of no possible help in the case of a remake or any other change in a work.

- Preston Sturges

I am quite sure that a little man who braves ridicule to improve the lot of his fellow men, and is thanked by their jibes, is an interesting character.

I am quite sure that a little man who braves ridicule to improve the lot of his fellow men, and is thanked by their jibes, is an interesting character.

- Preston Sturges

If I can't find real situations that interest me in real life, then I'll go and write them in play form.

If I can't find real situations that interest me in real life, then I'll go and write them in play form.

- Preston Sturges

How many years and how many pictures does it take to win the confidence of Paramount? How many years before my fellow workers say, 'I know he is doing his best?'

How many years and how many pictures does it take to win the confidence of Paramount? How many years before my fellow workers say, 'I know he is doing his best?'

- Preston Sturges

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

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

- Preston Sturges

I never write down to my audiences. I respect honest sentiment and honest pratfalls.

I never write down to my audiences. I respect honest sentiment and honest pratfalls.

- Preston Sturges

Of the Sturges family, much more is known than is available about poor Irish immigrants and obscure Scottish-English settlers around Rochester.

Of the Sturges family, much more is known than is available about poor Irish immigrants and obscure Scottish-English settlers around Rochester.

- Preston Sturges

The more you stand in the limelight, the more scarred you will become and the more you will love the limelight.

The more you stand in the limelight, the more scarred you will become and the more you will love the limelight.

- Preston Sturges

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