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

Quote by Orson Welles

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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

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

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

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...

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury...

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury...

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating...

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating...

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

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

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about...

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me, but of its treatment of Griffith, von...

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

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...

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...

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

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...

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband,...

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come...

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come...

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.