#l

Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries. ↗

— Anthony Hecht

#being #children #early #early age #grown-ups

Love is a hole in the heart. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#heart #hole #love is

Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#hat #his #love is #magician #man

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#beggar #both #envy #guilt #his

Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#any #doubt #half #never #right

Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew. ↗

— Anthony Hecht

#dark #formulae #full #hidden #hints

The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#art world #both #cater #elite #masses

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#effort #game #held #hollywood #lure

I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#dream #i #poet #raucous #valentine

In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#any #brothel #employed #hollywood #name