Dalton Trumbo Quotes


A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.


Citations

Trumbo, Dalton. The Remarkable Andrew: Being the Chronicle of a Literal Man. J. B. Lippincott, 1941.

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Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo
  • Born: December 9, 1905
  • Died: September 10, 1976
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Screenwriter

James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist who scripted many award-winning films, including Roman Holiday (1953), Exodus, Spartacus (both 1960), and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry.