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

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

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

You could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin.

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

I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.

Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you?