Dalton Trumbo

The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.

One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.

I fought fire with oil.

If you look at my CV, just about everything I have done has come through a publicly funded institution; it is a career entirely built on that sort of support.

I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately.