128 Quotes by Gene Wilder

As they say in Corsica... Goodbye

Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.

If you’re not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

The suspense is terrible. I hope it’ll last.

I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we – if this isn’t going well, you can’t say – well, you could say – let’s stop. Let’s start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous.

I like writing books. I’d rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It’s not so bad. I am really lucky.

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.

I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That’s why I call it irony.

I’m in complete remission. I’m alive and well.