WIST

If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.

Billy Wilder (b. 1906) Austrian-American film producer, director
(Attributed)

Trust your instincts. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else’s.

Billy Wilder (b. 1906) Austrian-American film producer, director
(Attributed)

Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.

Billy Wilder (b. 1906) Austrian-American film producer, director
(Attributed)
In Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe