Jean Anouilh

thumb|Jean Anouilh (1940) Jean Anouilh (23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist, screenwriter and translator. Quotes Il y aura toujours un chien perdu quelque part qui m'empêchera d'être heureux. There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me being happy. La Sauvage ["The Restless Heart"] (1938), Act 3. Mourir, ce n'est rien. Commence donc par vivre. C'est moins drôle et c'est plus long. To die is nothing. Begin by living. It’s less funny and lasts longer. Roméo et Jeannette (1946), Act 3. On ne peut pleurer pour le monde entier : C'est au-delà des forces humaines. Il faut choisir ! But one cannot weep for the entire world. It is beyond human strength. One must choose. Cecile or The School for Fathers (1954) When you're forty, half of you belongs to the past — and when you're seventy, nearly all of you. Time Remembered (1958) Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?” Jean Anouilh as cited in: Stuart Allan (2010) News Culture. p. 1 External links Category:People from Bordeaux Category:Playwrights from France Category:Screenwriters from France Category:Translators from France Category:1910 births Category:1987 deaths