I started at the top and worked my way down.

Orson Welles

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Orson Welles

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

Orson Welles

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Orson Welles

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

Orson Welles

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

Orson Welles

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

Orson Welles

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Orson Welles

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Orson Welles

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

Orson Welles

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

Orson Welles

I don't think any word can explain a man's life.

Orson Welles