We are all looking for something of extraordinary importance whose nature we have forgotten; I am writing the memoirs of a man… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
If I write a new play, my point of view may be profoundly modified. I may be obliged to contradict myself and… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“A writer never takes a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
When I was nine, the teacher asked us to write a piece about our village fete. He read mine in class. I… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“If I tell these private thoughts of mine, it is because I know they are not mine alone, and that practically everyone… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
Art goes beyond politics. Even if there are writers who are involved in politics, eventually, in one or two centuries, it's not… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
I am, it seems, an avant-garde dramatist. It would even seem obvious since I am present here at discussions on the avant-garde theatre. It… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“My boy! It's really true, you really love hashed brown potatoes? You make me so happy. JACK [without conviction]: Yes, I like them, I… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Rhinoceros The Leader The Future is in Eggs or It Takes all Sorts to Make a World” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“All doctors are quacks. And all patients too. Only the Royal Navy is honest in England.” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“I read a page of Plato's great work. I can no longer understand anything, because behind the words on the page, which have their… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“MRS. SMITH: Well, this is how it was. It is difficult for me to speak openly to you, but a fireman is also a… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
