Antonin Artaud

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

No one has ever written, painted, sculpted, modeled, built, or invented except literally to get out of hell.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.