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Woody Allen Quotes - Page 21

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My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs.

My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs.

Mind, Friendly, Body

Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

People ask me whether I think that one day I might wake up one morning and run dry, but I've had the opposite feeling - that I would die before I had time to write all the ideas in my drawer.

Running, Morning, Writing

Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2001.

Take the money and run.

Running, Annie Hall, Chapel

Woody Allen, Robert E. Kapsis, Kathie Coblentz (2006). “Woody Allen: Interviews”, p.75, Univ. Press of Mississippi

There's nothing sexier than a lapsed Catholic.

Catholic, Catholicism

"Fictional character: Joe". "Alice", www.imdb.com. 1990.

To me there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They’re all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.

Funny, Real, Humor

"Woody Allen on Faith, Fortune Tellers and New York". Interview with Dave Itzkoff, www.nytimes.com. September 14, 2010.

When you work from city to city or country to country, you work the same way; the working method is the same.

Country, Cities, Way

Between the Pope and air conditioning, I'd choose air conditioning.

Funny, Humor, Air

"Deconstructing Harry". Comedy, 1997.

Well, trouble's my middle name. Actually, my middle name is Marion, but I don't want you spreading that around.

Names, Want, Trouble

"Fictional character: Z". "Antz", www.imdb.com. 1998.

She had been critical of his new torch song, "A Side Order of Heartache, Please," suggesting it could be used as a good way to break in their new paper shredder.

Funny, Song, Humor

Woody Allen (2008). “Mere Anarchy”, p.122, Random House

The heart is a very, very resilient little muscle. It really is.

Heart, Littles, Resilient

Hannah and Her Sisters, www.imdb.com. 1986.

I do occasionally envy the person who is religious naturally, without being brainwashed into it or suckered into it by all the organized hustles.

Religious, Envy, Religion

Side Effects Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on the weekend. Woody Allen Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.

Sex, Weekend, Trying

When one chooses to be a writer, psychologically there's a reason for that because you like the isolation and you like to be by yourself and you are by nature timid.

Isolation, Reason

Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2001.

It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal with issues. It might be better to just make escapist comedies that don't touch on any issues. The people just get a cool lemonade, and then they go out refreshed, they enjoy themselves, they forget how awful things are and it helps them - it strengthens them to get through the day.

Issues, People, Intellectual

"Woody Allen's World: Whatever Works". Interview with Robert E. Lauder, www.commonwealmagazine.org. April 15, 2010.

I'm generally not a social dramatist or comedy writer. My interests have always been more in psychological stories or personal relations and comic ideas.

Ideas, Stories, Comedy

Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2001.

If you are not failing now and again, its a sign you are not doing anything very innovative

Failing, Innovative, Ifs

Cynicism is reality with an alternate spelling.

Reality, Cynicism, Spelling

I am told the settlement of $5 million I am being paid is the largest amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law

New York, Law, Privacy

I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a Gentile woman, shave on a Saturday night and, most especially, never to shave a Gentile woman on a Saturday night.

Night, Jewish Tradition, Taught

Money is not everything, but it is better than having one's health.

Money

Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

I'm very old-fashioned. I believe that people should stay married for life, like pigeons and Catholics.

Marriage, Believe, People

Sex is better than talk. Ask anybody in this bar. Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to sex.

Sex, Suffering, Bars

Woody Allen (2002). “Hollywood ending: scénario bilingue”

Hey listen -- I've proved a lot of things. That's how I pay my rent. Theories and little observations. A puckish remark now and then. Occasional maxims. It beats picking olives, but let's not get carried away.

Hey, Littles, Pay

Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

90 per cent of success is turning up.

Cents

I learned a few things on my own since, and modified some of the things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from Danny Simon.

Writing, Taught, Comedy

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