Abraham Polonsky

“I never thought the blacklist was a tragedy. I thought it was a joke.”

“The only thing an artist has to offer is his conscience.”

“The blacklist was a time of evil... no one on either side who survived it came through untouched by evil.”

“To be free is to be able to say 'no.'”

“I was a man who was unwilling to be a victim, and that's why I got into trouble.”

“Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.”

“What are you going to do? Kill me? Everybody dies.”

“The only 'isms' I believe in are plagiarism and orgasm.”

“To betray is the only way to belong.”

“I'm not interested in the law. I'm interested in justice.”

“All campaigns are based on lies.”

“If you are not a victim, you are a perpetrator.”