Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
- Source
- Worstward Ho, 1983
- Written
- 1983
About this quotation
These lines open Beckett’s late prose work Worstward Ho. They are often printed as motivation for entrepreneurs, but in the text they describe the stubborn, bleak business of writing. “Fail better” is also the title of many talks and books that borrow the phrase.