Creative Quotations from . . .
Orson Welles
(1915-1985) born on May 06
US "actor, director, producer, writer". "He was considered a major film genius; noted for radio dramatization "War of the Worlds;" starred in "Citizen Kane," 1940."
 
   
F
Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

R
"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."
A
I would just like to mention Robert Houdin who in the eighteenth century invented the vanishing birdcage trick and the theater matinee - may he rot and perish. Good afternoon.
N
The director is simply the audience. . . . His job is to preside over accidents.
K
When you are down and out something always turns up -- and it is usually the noses of your friends.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Filmgoers' Companion," by Leslie Halliwell, 1984."
R: "Interview in Hollywood Voices, ed. by Andrews Sarris, 1971."
A: ""Great Theatrical Disasters," by G. Brandreth."
N: "Speech, 4 Nov 1985."
K: ""New York Times," 1 Apr 1962."



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