Athol Fugard Quotes

Life is just a plain bloody mess, that's all. And people are fools.

We need a definition of greatness, and I suppose that would be somebody who... somebody who benefited all mankind."

Too many cooks spoil the broth

There's nothing wrong with the world. It just goes around and around, and you gotta get on with your life.

Tolstoy may have educated his peasants, but I've educated you.

I like the thought of this little white girl

Anybody who lets facts interfere with his imagination is a person who will never enjoy anything else again.

I’m in the business of making people realize that their opinions aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.

Twenty-two and no strings attached. Would like letters from men of the same age or older. My \interests are beauty contests and going out. A snap with the first letter, please.

Burn that book? Stop kidding yourself, Sizwe! Anyway, suppose you do. You must immediately go apply for a new one. Right? And until that new one comes, be careful the police don't stop you and ask for your book. Into the Courtroom, brother. Charge: Failing to produce Reference Book on demand. Five rand or five days.

Aah, violence is the only way I can make people pay attention to me.

Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.

Not just me. What I'm saying to you is that everybody's got it.

I don't want to die.

Fly another kite, I suppose. It worked once, and this time I need it as much as you do."