Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Quotes

France, Dramatist
March 28, 1960

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a Franco–Belgian playwright, short stories writer and novelist, as well as film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world.

I am not married anymore. I hate marriage ... but it's okay now.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- Hate
- Marriage
- Female
Everything in life can be tiring and tiresome if we don't have the ability to look at it as if it's the first time we've ever done it.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

You have to really use your imagination to refresh your daily life.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
When I start a book, it's every day. There is no Saturday, no Sunday. It's every day, because if I stop one day, I'm afraid of losing the book and losing the energy.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
That day, she became categorically certain of two things: that he annoyed her, profoundly, and, if she could, she would never leave him.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
I consider a house without books or a piano to be unfurnished.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- House
- Books
- Piano
I find mirrors detestable; I dislike seeing myself. Of course, there's a mirror in the bathroom, but it's a magnifying one for shaving. Photographs are fine, but I don't like mirrors because they take you by surprise.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt