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

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Orson Welles Quotes

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic...

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act...

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,...

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.

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 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....

Hollywood died on me as soon as I got there.

Hollywood died on me as soon as I got there.

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

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

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.

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

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

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

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.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.