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At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

Orson Welles

I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
ORSON WELLES

Hate Kind Man Myself
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
ORSON WELLES

Easy Job Police
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.
ORSON WELLES

Life Live Money Myself Run Try
The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
ORSON WELLES

Hollywood Invention
The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
ORSON WELLES

Camera Record World
A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
ORSON WELLES

Man Movie Production Train
Never 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 WELLES

Bad Expectation God Goodness Justice Kind People World
I’ve never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies. Egotism and laziness. And they’re all lit like television shows.
ORSON WELLES

Ego Movie Myself Understand
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
ORSON WELLES

Alone Creation Friendship Illusion
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
ORSON WELLES

Ourselves Silence Sing Song
I’m one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour – and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
ORSON WELLES

Drive Fast Myself Scare
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
ORSON WELLES

Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
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.
ORSON WELLES

Care Confidence Equality Ignorance Professional Yourself
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
ORSON WELLES

Boredom Emotion Terrorism
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
ORSON WELLES

Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
ORSON WELLES

Capacity Ideas Listening Lose People

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