Explore Quotes by Gene Wilder

I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.

I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky.

My mother was suffering every day of her life, and what right did I have to be happy if she was suffering? So whenever I got happy about something, I felt the need to cut it off, and the only way to cut it off was to pray. 'Forgive me Lord.' For what, I didn't know.

I'm not from Hollywood, and I'm also not one of the people who wants to do a tell-all, and I hate tell-alls. I didn't want to tell all.

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have another chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn't going well, you can't say - well, you could say - let's stop. Let's start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous.

The world is not based on fairness. Human beings can rise to fairness, can administer something that makes it fair or just. But that's not God.

What good is a character who's always winking at the audience to let them in on the secret?

What do actors really want? To be great actors? Yes, but you can't buy talent, so it's best to leave the word 'great' out of it. I think to be believed, onstage or onscreen, is the one hope that all actors share.

I had a daughter and lost her a long while ago. That's too sad a story to go into.

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them.

Dont put the sheep on the table.

Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.

So shines a good deed... in a weary world.

I'm in complete remission. I'm alive and well.

To match the shoes with the jacket is fey. To match the shoes with the hat is taste.

On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.

I'd like to do a comedy with Emma Thompson. I admire her as an actress so much. I love her. And I didn't know it until recently that her whole career started in comedy.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it.