Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Quotes

Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative.

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.

I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to.

I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.

But I'm always, always, always excited about new things.

You can't get blase about something you haven't done yet.

I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.

I say this about everything: when I was on 'Neighbours,' I said, 'These are the best years of my life!' When I was filming 'The Wolf Of Wall Street,' I said, 'These are the best months of my life!' I always think I'm having the best time ever, and that I'll never have so much fun again.

People ask me if I live each day like it's my last, and I don't. I live each day like it's my first, and I can't wait for the next one.

I find this life so interesting.

I'm always just excited about every opportunity that comes my way.

What is it one yearns for? It is to be able to do a thing for the first time again. And that is impossible.

I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

It's a great time to be alive.

I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.

Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally, I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.

I am a wanderer passionately in love with life.

I'm sure, to many people, my life is not that exciting, but to me every day is an adventure.