304 Quotes by Orson Welles

I would rather be on the set than doing anything.

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age.

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.

If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.

I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.

One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable.

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

I seem to have no dress sense at all. I'm always being listed in New York among one of the ten worst dressed men of the year. Someone once described me as "looking like an unmade bed." He was right!