David Cronenberg Quotes

Believe me, if a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

When you're young, you think life is forever, but it's finite. I'm 68, so even by the maddest measurements, I'm in the last bit of life.

I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.

As a society, when you have your mortality slapped in your face, it changes you.

Unlike other animals, all of which are undoubtedly oblivious to their eventual demise, humans are fully aware that their time on Earth is limited. This is a reality that for most individuals is difficult if not impossible to bear.

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.

Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you just keep pushing it back as you get older and older. I've accepted it.

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.

You realize mortality is everywhere.

Death is a distant rumor to the young.

But death's acquisitive instincts will win.

I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

Time is numbered only to man.

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom.

I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality.

Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.

The moment you're born you're done for.

Dogs are a really amazing eye opener for us humans because their lives are compressed into such a short period, so we can see them go from puppyhood to adolescence to strong adulthood and then into their sunset years in 10 to 12 years. It really drives home the point of how finite all our lives are.

Humans will die like all living things do, but we have the added burden of knowing that we will.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

I'm happier because I had to face what all of us try not to face: that we're going to die. It's a fact.

I'm not going to be here forever. I don't plan on going anywhere, but I don't know anybody for whom death is an exception.