Ben Hecht Quotes


Kindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity - these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as proud of them as of the fine clothes we have hung away to wear on occasions.


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.