Midnight in Paris Quotes

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”
― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script

“Adriana: I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.
Gil: No, you can't, you couldn't pick one. I mean I can give you a checkmate argument for each side. You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can't. Because you look around and every street, every boulevard, is its own special art form and when you think that in the cold, violent, meaningless universe that Paris exists, these lights, I mean come on, there's nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space you can see these lights, the cafés, people drinking and singing. For all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.”
― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script

“Yeah, that's what the present is. It's a little unsatisfying because life's a little unsatisfying.”
― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script

“I believe that love that is true and real, creates a respite from death.”
― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script

“If it's bad, I'll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it's good, I'll be envious and hate it all the more.”
― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script

“Inez: You always take the side of the help. That's why Daddy says you're a communist.”
― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script

“That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me.”
― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script