I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

Quote by Orson Welles

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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....

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually...

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that....

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose...

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose...

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.