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

Quote by Orson Welles

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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 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.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

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...

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,...

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...

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.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

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...

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to...

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...

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.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if...

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if...

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

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

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

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

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Talent works, genius creates.

Talent works, genius creates.

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

Style is the dress of thoughts

Style is the dress of thoughts