166 Quotes by Eugene Ionesco

A writer never takes a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing

Mme Martin: Quelle est la morale ? Le Pompier: C'est à vous de la trouver.

All men die in solitude; all values are degraded in a state of misery: that is what Shakespeare tells me

You can only predict things after they have happened.

I am sad when I think that the years go by like sacks that we mark "Returned Empty," sad when I think that we shall be separated from one another and from ourselves.

I'll never waste my dreams by falling asleep. Never again.

The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent, a new articulation, renew them.

Vivons notre vie, soyons heureux. Nous avons le devoir d'être heureux.

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