Trumbo

Niki: "We're having birthday cake."
Dalton: "When you hear me working, you don't knock."
Niki: "But it's my birthday."
Dalton: "You don't knock. Ever."
Niki: "So the house is on fire, you don't wanna know?"
Dalton: "I work in a bathtub, surrounded by water. So I'm fairly certain that even if the whole goddamn country was on fire, that I can still function as this family's personal slave. And all I ask is not to be interrupted for every little slice of fucking birthday cake. What? It's ridiculous!"

"If you're gonna talk about World War II as if you personally won it, let's be clear where you were stationed: on a film set, shooting blanks, wearing makeup, and if you're going to hit me, I'd like to take off my glasses."
[challenging John Wayne]

"What the imagination can't conjure, reality delivers with a shrug."

"Friends? What friends? Who the hell has the luxury of friends? I've got allies and enemies. There's no room for anything else."

Frank King: "Are you fucking with me? Because if you are, I will fuck you."
Dalton Trumbo: "I've heard that line before. ... It sounded better in prison."