Quotes by Frank Capra

• A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
• If you want to send a message, try Western Union.
• Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed.
• My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!
• Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite.
• In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
• Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
• Compassion is a two way street.
• Don't follow trends, start trends.
• I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.