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I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

Orson Welles

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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Army Artist Movie Need Pen Writing
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
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Age Old Sick Yourself
I seem to have no dress sense at all. I’m always being listed in New York among one of the ten worst dressed men of the year. Someone once described me as “looking like an unmade bed.” He was right!
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Fashion Funny Man Myself Right Worst
I have an unfortunate personality.
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One Liner Personality Unfortunate
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
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 hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about them. They are inscrutable.
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Hate Learning Myself Woman
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Absence Art Enemy Limitation
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
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
Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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Bad Exception Live Luxury Stand Yourself
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police

I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.

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