The only real benefit of being famous is being recognized by head waiters and getting good tables at restaurants. The rest is part ego trip and part inconvenience. Orson Bean Read Quote
I think of my life as a cheap novel. Part of you wants it to go on forever, and part of you wants to see how it comes out. Orson Bean Read Quote
My father was an odd stick. He was a member of MENSA and he was a uniformed yard cop for the Harvard police. Orson Bean Read Quote
I made a decision a few years back to never again do anything professionally that I didn’t want to do. Orson Bean Read Quote
Back in the fifties (the nineteen fifties, not the eighteen fifties) I did some writing for Mad Magazine, along with my friend Ernie Kovaks and a pair of comics named Bob and Ray. Orson Bean Read Quote
I used to picture myself as the old guy eating the Early Bird Specials in the mall. Orson Bean Read Quote
I’m thankful I’ve learned to embrace insecurity, not just to tolerate it. Life is more fun that way, and I’m thankful for that, too. Orson Bean Read Quote
The movies saved my life. I grew up in the great depression, the only child of a pair of star crossed lovers. My father lost his job. My mother drank. They fought. The movies were my escape. Orson Bean Read Quote
