The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
ORSON WELLESThe classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
ORSON WELLESMy doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
ORSON WELLESNever expect justice in this world. That is not part of God’s plan. Everybody thinks that if they don’t get it, they’re some kind of odd man out. And it’s not true. Nobody gets justice – people just get good luck or bad luck.
ORSON WELLESRace hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
ORSON WELLESPeople are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
ORSON WELLESIf you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
ORSON WELLESI have an unfortunate personality.
ORSON WELLESCriticism is the essence of creation.
ORSON WELLESThe ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
ORSON WELLESI love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
ORSON WELLESA good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
ORSON WELLESI’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
ORSON WELLESParis is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.
ORSON WELLESFriendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
ORSON WELLESThere are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
ORSON WELLESFuture shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
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