Ben Hecht
Writer
1894-02-28 – 1964-04-18
Ben Hecht was an American writer, journalist, playwright, and screenwriter who became one of Hollywood's most influential scriptwriters. He co-wrote The Front Page and contributed to many classic films.
Books by Ben Hecht
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![1001 [i.e. A thousand and one] afternoons in Chicago](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5582736-L.jpg)
1001 [i.e. A thousand and one] afternoons in Chicago
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Quotes by Ben Hecht
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Producers are men who will keep their heads in the noisy presence of writers and directors and not be carried away by art in any of its subversive guises. Their task is to guard against the unusual. They are the trusted loyalists of cliche.
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There are millions of Americans who belong by nature in movie theaters as they belong at political rallies or in fortuneteller parlors and on the shoot-the-chutes. To these millions, the movies are a sort of boon - a gaudier version of religion.
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Kindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity - these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as proud of them as of the fine clothes we have hung away to wear on occasions.
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In pre-movie days, the business of peddling lies about life was spotty and unorganized. It was carried on by the cheaper magazines, dime novels, the hinterland preachers and whooping politicians.
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I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.
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People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.
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Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos.
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Love is a hole in the heart.
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Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
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