“At times Irving Thalberg [first great Hollywood producer] seemed to hate his very dependence on writers and his frustration that he could not perform their functions. During one heated script session he said almost contemptuously, ‘What’s all this business about being a writer? It’s just putting one word after another.’ Lenore Coffee corrected him: ‘Pardon me, Mr. Thalberg; it’s putting one right word after another.’”

– from “Thalberg: Life and Legend,” by Bob Thomas