Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
There is no justice, there is no rational structure to it [life]. That is just the way it is, and each person… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Why not? Life is short, life is dull, life is full of pain - and this is a chance for something special. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You'll find as you go through life that great depth and smoldering sensuality don't always win. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Nietzsche says that we will live the same life, over and over again. God - I'll have to sit through the Ice… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
My heart says one thing. My head says another. Very hard to get your heart and head together in life. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Life is a tragedy filled with suffering and despair and yet some people do manage to avoid jury duty. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I could change the structure of existence I would do it. I could see a better way to live for everybody. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Life is full of moments that are good - winning a lottery, seeing a beautiful woman, a great dinner - but the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The artist can't give you an answer that's satisfying to the dreadful reality of your existence. So the best you can do… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to get out of living where they're living now, because life is a pretty tough proposition and not much fun.… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Life is unresolved, confusing, bewildering, puzzling, ambiguous. You don't really know what's going to happen. The future is uncertain for everybody. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Life is horrible, but it is not relentlessly black from wire to wire. You can sit down and hear a Mozart symphony,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good' saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
In real life I'm not the character I play in my films. I'm reasonably competent, I work very hard, I'm disciplined, I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The only thing that does change, to some degree, is [that] you have some life experiences, you suffer a certain amount and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous… — 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 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
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
“There's an old joke. Two elderly women are at a mountain resort. One of them says, "Boy, the food at this place… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Marriage is like mushrooms: we notice too late if they are good or bad. — 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
“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
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
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
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
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
Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. — Woody Allen Copy Share
A stockbroker is someone who invests other people's money until it is all gone. — Woody Allen Copy Share
There are two important things in the world, the first is sex. The other isn't all that important. — Woody Allen Copy Share