"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone."
"I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time."
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Source: Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich (1992). “This is Orson Welles”, HarperCollins Publishers
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