--- title: "10 Way Quotes By Orson Welles" description: "10 Way quotes by Orson Welles. Plus more from Orson Welles and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/orson-welles-1628_art_every-true-artist-must-in-his-own-way-be_2200204.jpg" --- > [Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/every-true-artist-must-in-his-own-way-be-a-magician-a-charlatan/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/orson-welles-1628_art_every-true-artist-must-in-his-own-way-be_2200204.jpg) > [I started at the top and worked my way down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-started-at-the-top-and-worked-my-way-down/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/orson-welles-1628_started_i-started-at-the-top-and-worked-my-way-d_3178594.jpg) > [There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/there-are-a-thousand-ways-of-playing-a-good-classic-if-it-were/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/orson-welles-1628_classic_there-are-a-thousand-ways-of-playing-a-g_48329.jpg) > [I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-hate-women-hate-them-generally-not-in-particular-but-in-an-abstract/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fc/orson-welles-1628_abstract_i-hate-women-hate-them-generally-not-in_89734.jpg) > [I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-look-back-on-my-life-and-it-s-95-running-around-trying-to-raise/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/orson-welles-1628_life_i-look-back-on-my-life-and-it-s-95-runni_1731249.jpg) > [I was spoiled in a very strange way as a child, because everybody told me, from the moment I was able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-was-spoiled-in-a-very-strange-way-as-a-child-because-everybody-told/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/orson-welles-1628_able_i-was-spoiled-in-a-very-strange-way-as-a_2569928.jpg) > [A maverick may go his own way but he doesn't think that it's the only way or ever claim that it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/a-maverick-may-go-his-own-way-but-he-doesn-t-think-that-it-s-the-only/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/orson-welles-1628_claims_a-maverick-may-go-his-own-way-but-he-doe_2605120.jpg) > [I have wasted the greater part of my life looking for money and trying to get along, trying to make my work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-have-wasted-the-greater-part-of-my-life-looking-for-money-and/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/orson-welles-1628_eight_i-have-wasted-the-greater-part-of-my-lif_2829793.jpg) > [One should make movies innocently - the way Adam and Eve named the animals, their first day in the garden. Learn from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/one-should-make-movies-innocently-the-way-adam-and-eve-named-the/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/orson-welles-1628_adam_one-should-make-movies-innocently-the-wa_1972166.jpg) > [That doesn't make any sense. Sorry. There's no known way of saying an English sentence in which you begin a sentence with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/that-doesn-t-make-any-sense-sorry-there-s-no-known-way-of-saying-an/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/orson-welles-1628_forgive-me_that-doesn-t-make-any-sense-sorry-there_2243719.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Orson Welles > [The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-two-things-you-cannot-do-effectively-on-stage-are-pray-and/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/there-are-a-thousand-ways-of-playing-a-good-classic-if-it-were/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-am-essentially-a-hack-a-commercial-person-if-i-had-a-hobby-i-would/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-essential-is-to-excite-the-spectators-if-that-means-playing/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/there-are-three-intolerable-things-in-life-cold-coffee-lukewarm/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I'm extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-m-extremely-surprised-to-learn-that-a-story-which-has-become/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-hate-women-hate-them-generally-not-in-particular-but-in-an-abstract/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/when-television-came-along-i-d-already-done-more-than-10-years-of/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/look-at-the-real-prodigies-and-i-look-like-nothing-compared-to-them/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/the-laws-and-the-stage-both-are-a-form-of-exhibitionism/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/in-the-theater-there-are-1-500-cameras-rolling-at-the-same-time-in/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/in-italy-for-30-years-under-the-borgias-they-had-warfare-terror/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I would rather be on the set than doing anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-would-rather-be-on-the-set-than-doing-anything/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-prefer-people-who-rock-the-boat-to-people-who-jump-out/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) > [If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/if-i-don-t-like-somebody-s-looks-i-don-t-like-them/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/orson-welles/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By Orson Welles", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Welles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/every-true-artist-must-in-his-own-way-be-a-magician-a-charlatan/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/orson-welles-1628_art_every-true-artist-must-in-his-own-way-be_2200204.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/orson-welles-1628_art_every-true-artist-must-in-his-own-way-be_2200204.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/orson-welles-1628_art_every-true-artist-must-in-his-own-way-be_2200204.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.” — Orson Welles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started at the top and worked my way down.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Welles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-started-at-the-top-and-worked-my-way-down/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/orson-welles-1628_started_i-started-at-the-top-and-worked-my-way-d_3178594.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/orson-welles-1628_started_i-started-at-the-top-and-worked-my-way-d_3178594.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/orson-welles-1628_started_i-started-at-the-top-and-worked-my-way-d_3178594.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I started at the top and worked my way down.” — Orson Welles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. 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