If youre going to tell people the truth, be funny or theyll kill you. – Billy Wilder
Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window — that is at once interesting. – Billy Wilder
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone elses. – Billy Wilder
France is the country where the money falls apart and you cant tear the toilet paper. – Billy Wilder
Sometimes, comics will make the observation that its not jokes that are funny, its characters that are funny. And isnt that true! Thats why I always kill jokes. Im terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I cant get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon. – David Mitchell