Quotes by Orson Welles

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

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.

We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.

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

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don’t have to be anything else.

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.

Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me.

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.