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.

Quote by Orson Welles

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I started at the top and worked my way down.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three...

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while...

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while...

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most...

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most...

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.

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

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

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your...

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on...

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on...

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple....

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple....