I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.
EDWARD ALBEEI write to find out what I’m talking about.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
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That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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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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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.
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I write to find out what I’m talking about.
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When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don’t put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.
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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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A lot of people are confused by “hello.” A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by.
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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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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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Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
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Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
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A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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Every monster was a man first.
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