Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Herman J. Mankiewicz

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Herman Jacob Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles would go on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. He was previously a Berlin correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily, assistant theater editor at The New York Times, and the first regular drama critic at The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York".

American - Writer | November 7, 1897 - March 5, 1953

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You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

There, but for the grace of God, goes God.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

In a novel, the hero can lay ten girls and marry a virgin for the finish. In a movie, that is not allowed. The villain can lay anybody he wants, have as much fun and as he wants cheating, stealing, getting rich, and whipping servants. But you have to shoot him in the end.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

There are millions to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots. Don't let thisget around.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Imagine--the whole world wired to Harry Cohn's ass!

Herman J. Mankiewicz

We are a breed apart from the rest of humanity, we theatre folk.We are the original displaced personalities, concentrated gatherings of neurotics, egomaniacs, emotional misfits and precocious children.

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Herman J. Mankiewicz

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