I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
EDWARD ALBEEThere are only two things to write about: life and death.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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Death is release, if you’ve lived all right.
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I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.
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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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The characters’ lives have gone on before the moment you chose to have the action of the play begin. And their lives are going to go on after you have lowered the final curtain on the play, unless you’ve killed them off.
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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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Anything you put in a play – any speech – has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along.
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Your source material is the people you know, not those you don’t know, but every character is an extension of the author’s own personality.
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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
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The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
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Progress is a set of assumptions.
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Art has an obligation to offend.
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I write to find out what I’m talking about.
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Every monster was a man first.
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