Ben Hecht Quote

The factors that laid low so whooping and puissant an empire as the old Hollywood are many. I can think of a score, including the barbarian hordes of Television. But there is one that stands out for me in the post-mortem.... The factor had to do with the basis of movie-making: 'Who shall be in charge of telling the story.'

Excerpts: on movies and writers - from "Elegy for Wonderland", by Ben Hecht, Esquire Magazine, March 1959