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

Quote by Orson Welles

Topics: Orson Welles Quotes

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...

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't...

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....

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

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.

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...

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...

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

I started at the top and worked my way down.

I started at the top and worked my way down.

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.

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...

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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