'L.A. Confidential' was written with me in mind, but…

There was or is always someone somewhere to say the same thing that somebody thought at some time that no one would speak out…

— Anuj Somany

What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say,…

— Ted Demme

What happens when I'm dealing with the problems in North Korea and the Middle East? Are you folks going to be reporting all that…

— Donald Trump

Of all rewards none [is] more liberal than those given to secret agents.

— Sun Tzu

Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In…

— Brian Helgeland

He was an author whose works were so well known as to be almost confidential.

— Stanley Walker

There are, in the King case in particular, e names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony.…

— Louis Stokes

You do not walk into any hearing or committee meeting and reveal confidential communications with the president of the United States, who's entitled to…

— Jeff Sessions

The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone.

— Phyllis McGinley

Brilliant. . . . Marriage Confidential is both laugh-out-loud funny and gasp-out-loud shocking, and nothing less than a Feminine Mystique for our time. Mark…

— Debby Applegate

Today's biggest headlines are stories about people who thought they were doing something that was secret: Jesse Jackson's secret girlfriend and child, Monica Lewinski's…

— Ted Haggard

“Entirely confidential, check,” Bob said. “And it would take a lot more than one night working with you to build up enough momentum to…

— Jim Butcher

... for nearly 40 years, while producing the now-banned industrial coolants known as PCBs at a local factory, Monsanto Co. routinely discharged toxic waste…

— Michael Grunwald

When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on…

— Anthony Bourdain

I don't really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I'll think of like, you know, Burt Lancaster…

— Brian Helgeland