"James Joyce: His writing is not about something.……" — Samuel Beckett

"James Joyce: His writing is not about something. It is the thing itself."

— Samuel Beckett

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220 Quotes by Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett has 220 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not…
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and…
You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
I can't go on. I'll go on.
There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always…
The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops.…
James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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