Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
This sounds so bleak when I say it, but we need some delusions to keep us going. And the people who successfully… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It's important to control yourself because life gets too complicated if you don't, but the impulse is often there for people. Some… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I've always been lucky in casting. The trick in casting is to hire great people, and let them do what they do,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I've always believed that thoughtful people don't really take the tabloids seriously. They're basically a form of entertainment. I enjoy them as… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Some people think about sex all the time; some people think of sex some of the time; and some people never think… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You look up after many years and you find that a film has become a classic because it's meaningful to people and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
People ask me whether I think that one day I might wake up one morning and run dry, but I've had the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't why whatever works and whatever doesn't. You just make the film that you enjoy making at the time, and you… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Some people are funny, and some people are not funny. Many people who are not funny can make a living at it.… — 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
I always felt that the problems of the world would never ever be solved until people came to terms with the deeper… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
My films are misinterpreted all the time. I don't mind that. Everybody's films are misinterpreted. But there's no malice or stupidity in… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
There is an advantage in having a routine and working with the same people when you can and in writing as a… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
No one ever wants the whole script. I give the whole script to people who require the whole script but to those… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think Bergman's films have eternal relevance, because they deal with the difficulty of personal relationships and lack of communication between people… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
People make films for different reasons. For money. Or, they make them because something in them demands artistic expression. I do it… — 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
No, I don't think you're paranoid. I think you're the opposite of paranoid. I think you walk around with the insane delusion… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
For some reason it gives people pleasure to equate the life of certain movie actors or actresses with their actual lives. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
he's a genius, she's a genius, wow, you know alot of geniuses, you should meet some stupid people sometime, you might learn… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Some people want to achieve immortality through their works or their descendants. I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You make films whether they're dramas or comedies about neurotic people. Flawed people. Interesting personality traits. To make them about calm, stable… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The whole concept of awards is silly. I cannot abide by the judgment of other people, because if you accept it when… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-particularly for people who can never remember where they… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Drama, it would be as if you wrote some poetry. You'd run the risk of being embarrassed if people read it, because… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You're a genius! And the proof is that both common people and intellectuals find your work completely incoherent. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Relationships are really what interest me the most. And I think, in the end, they interest most people the most. Even when… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
People always tease me. They say, look at you, you went for so much psychoanalysis and you're so neurotic, you wind up… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films… — 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
The history of the world is like: He kills me, I kill him, only with different cosmetics and different castings. So in… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I never thought I was doing anyone a favour by bringing children into the world. With people as cruel to each other… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The Jewish culture - people that are Jewish have a certain cultural habit that they've formed and one of those habits is… — 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
I write the script; nobody sees it, not the people that put the money in the picture. I cast who I want,… — 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… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
What people who don't write don't understand is that they think you make up the line consciously — but you don't. It… — 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