I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every morning at the time of his visit, made me want to hang myself, realizing that I would not be able to cut his throat. – Antonin Artaud
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggars teeth. – Antonin Artaud
It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present. – Antonin Artaud
Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones. – Antonin Artaud
I never want to make a film. I dont wake up in the morning going, Ooh, Id really love to be on set making a film today. Im aware that other contemporary film directors perceive film-making as what they do, as what they have to do. But I would hope that I am more catholic in my tastes. – Stephen Daldry