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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.

Orson Welles

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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Age Appearance Permanent
I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s no way to live.
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Life Live Money Myself Run Try
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don’t think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Money Myself Remember Thinking Work
The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
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Camera Record World
Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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Creation Identity Style Unique Visual Yourself
Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
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Care Confidence Equality Ignorance Professional Yourself
When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Friendship Hard Time Talk Yourself
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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Ourselves Silence Sing Song
What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
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History Philosophy Science Time
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
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Choice Greatness Hate Love Myself People Respect
I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Myself Start Way Work
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
Criminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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Amazing Crime Failure Money Problem Reality
If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
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Food Myself Restaurant Talk Wait

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