I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
EDWARD ALBEEDeath is release, if you’ve lived all right.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.
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Well, when you write about people of a certain age we are in a postsexual situation. If I write about younger people then I write sexually, because their drive is sexual. It depends upon the circumstances.
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As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I’ve been influenced by every single play I’ve ever experienced.
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Maybe it’s a little more pertinent now since the whole concept of evolution is being questioned by the know-nothing Republican right. Yes, maybe the play’s a little more pertinent now.
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Every monster was a man first.
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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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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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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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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