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

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Orson Welles Quotes

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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...

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...

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat,...

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat,...

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...

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

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

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.

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 haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

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...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just...

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just...

Style is the dress of thought; a modest dress, Neat, but not gaudy, will true...

Style is the dress of thought; a modest dress, Neat, but not gaudy, will true...