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The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.

Orson Welles

What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
ORSON WELLES

History Philosophy Science Time
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
ORSON WELLES

Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
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
I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Myself Start Way Work
If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
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Civilization Eat Impression Ourselves Relationship Woman
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
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
Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
ORSON WELLES

People Stupidity World Worst
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
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
ORSON WELLES

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

Hate Kind Man Myself
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
ORSON WELLES

Army Artist Movie Need Pen Writing
The most personal thing I’ve put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It’s better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
ORSON WELLES

Abuse Better Evil Freedom Hate Murder Personal Police Power See
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
ORSON WELLES

Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
ORSON WELLES

Age Appearance Permanent

The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.

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