Quotes by Preston Sturges

“A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better that a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything.”

“I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started.”

“You cant go around the theatres handing out cards saying, It isnt my fault. You go onto the next one.”

“wouldnt it be hilarious if he ran his pipes through (fill in the blank)?”

“I suppose theyre like the I.R.S., ... You move once and they never send you your refund check.”

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

THE POLITICIANIf it wasnt for graft, youd get a very low type of people in politics. Men without ambition. Jellyfish!CATHERINEEspecially since you cant rob the people anyway.THE POLITICIANSure...How was that?CATHERINEWhat you rob, you spend. And what you spend goes back to the people. So wheres the robbery? I read that in one of my fathers books.THE POLITICIANThat book should be in every home!

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

Film is the greatest educational medium the world has ever known.

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