Beckett was the most thorough of playwrights. He tells you what to do and if you've any humility at all, you'll take… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Beckett fell to his knees. “Ahh…I never thought they’d get you. Never. Fuck.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I was lost in the dark without you, Beckett. You found me. You brought me home.” — Emma Scott Copy Share Image
The one living playwright I admire without any reservation whatsoever is Samuel Beckett. I have funny feelings about almost all the others. — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“If I told you once, I told you a million times: you’re a handsome motherfucker. I’m almost gay for you.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“I am interested in the shape of ideas, even if I do not believe in them” — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Then Beckett knew. He knew deep inside that his friend was dead. No. Fucking no.” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
Read the great stuff, but read the stuff that isn't so great, too. Great stuff is very discouraging. If you read only… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“Livia watched as Beckett folded his hands into a thick sailor’s knot of hope. He bowed his head. She couldn’t have loved… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Eve. That torpedo mind-fuck sex was outrageous and fantastically titillating. Titi-fuck-illating. But there was something else as well. Emotional, a small voice… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Look, she said stooping over her breasts, the haloes are darkening already. I summoned up my remaining strength and said, Abort, abort… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
There's always a host of voices you're inspired by. I love Don DeLillo, and I love Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I love… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
“Beckett kissed each woman’s cheek and said, “Ladies, I was saying thank you for taking such beautiful care of my brother. You’re… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Beckett smiled at his past and future customers with both his dimples. No need to feel alarmed, his smile told them. The… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“Finley, would you get Beckett something to drink, please?” Beckett caught my less-than-pleasant expression. “Water will be fine. Not too much ice.… — Jenny B. Jones Copy Share Image
We possess the Canon because we are mortal and also rather belated. There is only so much time, and time must have… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an… — Barney Rosset Copy Share Image
“What is certain is this, that I never rested in that way again, my feet obscenely resting on the earth, my arms… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
In Kamby Bolongo Mean River damage and delusion walk hand in hand, and everything we think we know is gradually called into… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“Beckett wanted only to get his brother on the motorcycle and out of Dodge. He’d refused to discuss his own options, and… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“que ferais-je sans ce monde que ferais-je sans ce monde sans visage sans questions où être ne dure qu'un instant où chaque… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Beckett, where’s Eve?” When he had her pressed to his chest, she tried again. “Are you going to tell me or what?”… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Come on, sweetheart. I’m letting you do this. Do it.” When she didn’t respond, he added, “Listen, I know it’s easier when… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
My exposure to Beckett and to late O'Neill was probably important right at the time I gave up poetry and the novel. — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“Livia ignored Beckett’s hand to give him a hug and kiss on the cheek. “Thank you for watching over him before I… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“Know this: I love you so fucking much. No other person has been to me what you are. No one else ever… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Ibsen, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Beckett to me are the most revolutionary. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
“HAMM: Scoundrel! Why did you engender me? NAGG: I didn't know. HAMM: What? What didn't you know? NAGG: That it'd be you.… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“How many lives will you save if I’m in prison?” Beckett continued. “Hundreds? Thousands? Do it for the people I haven’t killed… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
“She dragged me across the floor, stopping from time to time only to kick me. I didn't know our cows too could… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Beckett turned to Mouse again. “This place’s a festering whore’s crotch. Do I own it?” — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. —Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho (1983)” — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
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