Pictures are written, acted, directed, photo­graphed, edited, scored and all that. The screenwriter determines what scenes are in and what scenes are…

- Ernest Lehman

But it is not at all unthinkable for anyone to tell a writer how to write. It comes with the territory.

- Ernest Lehman

Only grown-up men are scared of women.

- Ernest Lehman

One of the tricks is to have the exposition conveyed in a scene of conflict, so that a character is forced to say things you want the audience to kno…

- Ernest Lehman

You have to understand that people feel threatened by a writer. It's very curious. He knows something they don't know. He knows how to write, and t…

- Ernest Lehman