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“My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films.”

“The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.”

Woody Allen Without Feathers

"Scrolls".
Without Feathers (1975)

“Don't think of death as an ending. Think of it as a really effective way of cutting down your expenses.”

“Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.”

“Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.”

Woody Allen Without Feathers

"Selections from the Allen Notebooks".
Source: Without Feathers (1975)

“Life is short. Short, and not about anything except what you can touch and what touches you.”

“This year I'm a star, but what will I be next year? A black hole?”

“Eternal nothingness is O. K. if you're dressed for it.”

Woody Allen book Getting Even

Getting Even (1971), My Philosophy
Variant: Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

“It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.”

“You know what my philosophy of life is? That it’s important to have some laughs, but you got to suffer a little too, because otherwise you miss the whole point to life.”

“I read in self-defense.”

“You know how you're always trying to get things to come out perfect in art because it's real difficult in life”

Source: Annie Hall: Screenplay

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

Source: Hannah and Her Sisters

“In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.”

“I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want”

“Death doesn't really worry me that much, I'm not frightened about it… I just don't want to be there when it happens.”

Variant: I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.

“Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be.”

“In my next life I want to live backwards. Start out dead and finish off as an orgasm.”

“Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.”

“I asked the girl if she could bring a sister for me. She did. Sister Maria Teresa. It was a very slow evening. We discussed the New Testament. We agreed that He was very well adjusted for an only child.”