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

Quote by Orson Welles

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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...

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

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...

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 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...

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

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

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

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...

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...

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

She's a perfect person, I hate the bitch.

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...

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...

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

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....

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...

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

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

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

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

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