Ben Hecht Quotes


A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.


Citations

Hecht, Ben. A Child of the Century. Simon and Schuster, 1954.

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Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
  • Born: February 28, 1894
  • Died: April 18, 1964
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Novelist, Playwright, Journalist

Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films.