I'm twelve years old. I run into a synagogue. I ask the rabbi the meaning of life. He tells me the meaning… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Human existence is a brutal experience to me... it's a brutal, meaningless experience - an agonizing, meaningless experience with some oases, delight,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I've often felt that life is a hard deal and it's unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Life is short. Short, and not about anything except what you can touch and what touches you. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I had my life to live over, I wish I could be a great pianist or something. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I always feel, I guess being a product of the movies of the 40s where movies were the greatest things and screens… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you're showing up for. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Let's say there was no terrorism whatsoever and we were all very nice to one another and we were all kind, we… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Real life is generally much duller and inevitably sadder, most of the time. In film, you control everything that's going on, so… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I'm a nice person! I have healthy life drives and goals! I don't drink, I don't smoke. I would never force myself… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“David: And you think it can just evaporate? Even if at one time they loved one another? Marx: That's one of the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think [aging] has nothing to recommend it. You don't gain any wisdom as the years go by. You fall apart, is… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I just got up in the morning and had no place to go and was retired or something, I would be… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
There is always the possibility that people will change. Real change is more rare. You are who you are at a certain… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The great question of philosophy remains: If life is meaningless, what can be done about alphabet soup? — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“True, science has conquered many diseases, broken the genetic code, and even placed human beings on the moon, and yet when a man of… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
In every generation there are a few people who are authentically funny. The cosmetics change. You may not be able to articulate it, and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think Frank Capra was a much craftier filmmaker, a wonderful filmmaker. He had enormous technique, and he knew how to manipulate the public… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Gauguin flew into a frenzy! He held my head under the X-ray machine for ten straight minutes and for several hours after I could… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
What has gotten into you lately? Save a little craziness for menopause! — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I enjoy the making of the film and it's something for me to do. If nobody ever comes to my films, if people don't… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
A stockbroker is someone who invests other people's money until it is all gone. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Man cannot live by bread alone. Every once in awhile he needs a salad. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
All literature is a footnote to Faust. I have no idea what I mean by that. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image