Welles Scenes

Famous quotes containing the words welles and/or scenes:

“Thompson: Nothing particular the matter with him, they tell me, just ...
Bernstein: Just old age. It’s the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don’t look forward to being cured of.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1985)

“One reason writers write is out of revenge. Life hurts; certain ideas and experiences hurt; one wants to clarify, to set out illuminations, to replay the old bad scenes and get the Treppenworte said—the words one didn’t have the strength or ripeness to say when those words were necessary for one’s dignity or survival.”
—Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928)