Woody Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, and writer known for his distinctive voice in comedy and drama. With a career spanning over five decades, Allen has created some of the most iconic films of the 20th and 21st centuries, often blending humor with deep philosophical questions. His work continues to inspire both filmmakers and audiences to engage with the complexities of relationships, identity, and human nature. Allen's career serves as a testament to the importance of pursuing one's unique vision, even in the face of adversity.
"His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy."
"There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly."
"The difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it."
"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred."
"The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence."
"There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open?"
"Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good."
"To you, I'm an atheist.To God, I'm the loyal opposition."
"Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats."
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."
"David: And you think it can just evaporate? Even if at one time they loved one another?Marx: That's one of the sad truths of existence. Nothing in this world is permanent. Even the characters created by the great Shakespeare will, in millions of years, cease to exist-when the universe runs its course and the lights go out."
"Those modern analysts they charge so much! In my day for five marks Freud himself would treat you. For ten marks he would treat you and press your pants. For fifteen marks Freud would let you treat him - that included a choice of any two vegetables."
"I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her."
"I did not marry the first girl that I fell in love with, because there was a tremendous religious conflict, at the time. She was an atheist, and I was an agnostic."
"The worst that you can say about him (God) is that basically he's an underachiever."
"I feel about New York as a child whose father is a bank robber. Not perfect but I still love him."
"Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman."
"If there is reincarnation I'd like to come back as Warren Beatty's fingertips."
"You know how you're always trying to get things to come out perfect in art because it's real difficult in life."
"All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it."
"The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife - a depressing thought, particularly for those who bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held. On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily laying down."
"Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions."
"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more."
"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon."
"In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows."
"You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ."