At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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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.
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The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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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.
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Paris 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.
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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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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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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