Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience.

To find a form that accommodates the shape of the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

James Joyce: His writing is not about something. It is the thing itself.

I knew it would soon be the end, so I played the part, you know, the part of — how shall I say, I don’t know.

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can.

Vladimir: I don't understand. Estragon: Use your intelligence, can't you? Vladimir uses his intelligence. Vladimir: (finally) I remain in the dark.

Estragon: What about hanging ourselves? Vladimir: Hmm. It'd give us an erection.