I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Topics: Samuel Beckett Quotes

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast...

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast...