Famous quotes containing the words orson welles, welles, return and/or hollywood:
“A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1984)
“Everybody denies I am a genius—but nobody ever called me one!”
—Orson Welles (1915–1985)
“Lise: Look, monsieur, I don’t know what type of girl you think I am, but I’m not. And now I would like to return to my friends.
Jerry: I thought you were bored with them. You sure looked it.
Lise: You should see me now.
Jerry: Ouch.”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)
“That’s one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes to him in the form of a salary check. In Hollywood the average writer is not young, not honest, not brave, and a bit overdressed. But he is darn good company, which book writers as a rule are not. He is better than what he writes. Most book writers are not as good.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)