I should have had the pickle.

- Preston Sturges

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

- 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.…

- Preston Sturges

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

- Preston Sturges

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 befor…

- Preston Sturges

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.

- Preston Sturges

The most incredible thing about my career is that I had one.

- Preston Sturges

Now I've laid me down to die I pray my neighbors not to pry Too deeply into sins that I Not only cannot here deny But much enjoyed as life flew by.

- Preston Sturges

After I saw a couple of pictures put out by my fellow comedy-directors, which seemed to have abandoned the fun in favor of the message, I wrote Sulli…

- Preston Sturges