Quotes from Cecil B. DeMille

As a boy, I used to look upon the hieroglyphics as so many wonderful pictures.

Creation is a drug I can't do without.

What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with.

I win my awards at the box office.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.

Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.

Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

The star impel but don't compel!

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling.

The Bible has been a bestseller for centuries. Why should I let two thousand years of publicity go to waste?

There can be no liberty without the law.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.