John Huston Quotes

"After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor."
- John Huston
(Related: Crime)

"Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams."
- John Huston
(Related: Dreams, Hollywood)

"You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession."
- John Huston
(Related: Time, End)

"I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk."
- John Huston
(Related: God)

"The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it."
- John Huston
(Related: Day, Loneliness, World)

"What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes."
- John Huston
(Related: Idea, Inspiration, Force, Wind)

"I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like."
- John Huston
(Related: People, Will)