87 Quotes by Anthony Marais

Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch.

Reflection is nothing more than what it sounds, and pondering one’s own life is about as productive as talking to one’s image in a mirror: both acts are egocentric and neither produces a dialog. People who talk to themselves in public are not self-actualized; they're crazy.

Those who jump out of airplanes do not love life—they deny it, which, of course, is not done without a certain naughty exhilaration. Like children they relish tugging on the apron of Mother Nature, as long as she doesn’t turn and slap them.

If one chews a problem over long enough, it becomes apparent that the jaw is aching, and what started as weighing heavy on the heart ends up a pain in the neck.

Those who do not preach life but live it do not smile to the lily near the bank; they look for stones and hang on.

Laughing is the body’s approval of the absurd.

Writers are liars trying to come clean. That’s why the best ones are the most tragic.

Culture preaches monogamy while Nature repeats it—over and over again.

Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.