Beckett Quotes · Page 2

“Simple shit makes this chick crap bubbles and rainbows" -Beckett”

— Debra Anastasia

When I was a very young student I loved and admired the work of Sam Beckett, who is famously pessimistic, and whose…

— Michael Craig-Martin

As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

— John Hurt

“Henry: I usen't to need anyone, just to myself, stories, there was a great one about an old fellow called Bolton, I…

— Samuel Beckett

“Ada: And why life? (Pause.) Why life, Henry? (Pause.) Is there anyone about? Henry: Not a living soul. Ada: I thought as…

— Samuel Beckett

These are your beautiful days, Julia Beckett," he promised softly.

— Susanna Kearsley

All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

He [Samuel Beckett] is great, a very great writer. Any modern writer is bound to be influenced by [James] Joyce. Of course,…

— William S. Burroughs

“Vladimir:-Cuando uno piensa, oye. Estragon:-Cierto. Vladimir:-Y eso impide reflexionar. Estragon:-Claro. Vladimir:-Impide pensar. Estragon:-De todos modos se piensa. Vladimir:-¡Qué va!, resulta imposible. Estragon:-Eso…

— Samuel Beckett

The Australian Gerald Murnane, a genius on the level of Beckett, is known in Australia and Sweden but almost nowhere else. And…

— Teju Cole

Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness." ...On the other hand, he SAID it.

— Art Spiegelman

“So I'm sitting in that damn chair, ready to die, and I say to her, 'You're the most beautiful thing I've ever…

— Debra Anastasia

I went and saw him [ John Hurt ] here in L.A.He did a one-man Beckett show of Krapp's Last Tape. I…

— Judd Nelson

“Don't ever die in my head again. Please, never again,”

— Debra Anastasia

I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running.

— Edward Albee

I have 800 books of just Samuel Beckett's work, tons of his correspondence, personal letters that he wrote. I have copies of…

— John Larroquette

My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname…

— Lauren Groff

Unfortunately, I'm not a history buff. I don't read biographies, except of some of those writers whom I've collected over the years…

— John Larroquette

“Look, she said stooping over her breasts, the haloes are darkening already. I summoned up my remaining strength and said, Abort, abort…

— Samuel Beckett

“In his head Beckett put the two of them in a big snow globe with glitter that he could shake when he…

— Debra Anastasia

Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists.

— Kenneth Goldsmith

Ibsen, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Beckett to me are the most revolutionary.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of Marxism, phenomenology…

— Michel Foucault

Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food.

— Grant Achatz

“Beckett pulled Blake’s face back to look at him and held it in his hand. “Never alone, bro. You’re never alone as…

— Debra Anastasia