Eugène Ionesco

“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”

“You can only predict things after they have happened.”

“The supreme trick of mass insanity is that it persuades you that the only abnormal person is the one who refuses to join in the madness.”

“Only the ephemeral is of lasting value.”

“To tell a story is to say: this is the way it is. To write a story is to say: this is the way I see it.”

“Good men make bad citizens.”

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.”

“We have not the time to take our time.”

“The whole of life is a dream. The best thing is not to be born.”

“A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.”

“All my plays have been dramas of solitude.”

“Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused.”

“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”

“Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name!”

“There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer.”