I don't want any description of me to be accurate; I want it to be flattering. I don't think people who have to sing for their supper ever like to be described truthfully - not in print anyway. We need to sell tickets, so we need good reviews.

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

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?

Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It's the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.

There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.

Criticism is the essence of creation.