“I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the...” — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Quote

“I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.”

“The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.”

“I'm a schoolteacher. That's even worse than being an intellectual. Schoolteachers are not only comic, they're often cold and hungry in this richest land on earth.”

“I have a thing where if I'm not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.”

“The State of Israel is not collapsing and will not collapse.”

“Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.”