“Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script.”

— Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, 15th edition (Harper Collins, 2003, ISBN 0-060-53423-0, p. 312

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American film director, screenwriter, and producer 1909–1993

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