Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allenis an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, playwright and musician, whose career spans more than six decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 December 1935
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
new-york divorce law
In New York State they have a strange law that says you can't get a divorce unless you can prove adultery - and it's weird, because the Ten Commandments say 'Thou shalt not commit adultery.' But New York State says you have to. Well, finally, what happened was that my wife committed adultery for me. She's always been more mechanically inclined than I have.
new-york law privacy
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
law lobster done
Doing abominations is against the law, particularly if the abominations are done while wearing a lobster bib.
arrogance greatness standing
I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me
knowledge
Is knowledge knowable? If not, how do we know this?
earlier relationship retrospect
Probably in retrospect I should have bowed out of that relationship (with Farrow) much earlier than I did.
everytime hear invading wagner
Everytime I hear Wagner I feel like invading Poland.
bark creation figure god hard poet
As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on
boy cheating freshman looked next sitting soul thrown within year
I was thrown out of N.Y.U. my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final. You know, I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
boy cheating freshman looked next sitting soul thrown within
I was thrown out of N.Y.U. my freshman year... for cheating on my metaphysics final. You know, I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
catholics mate people pigeons
I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics
avoid clear future great holds home seize six trick
It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.
avoid comedy happy love suffering suffers
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.
respond tendency
I don't respond well to mellow, you know what I mean, I-I have a tendency to... if I get too mellow, I-I ripen and then rot.