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.
EDWARD ALBEEYou’re alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn’t lived it?
More Edward Albee Quotes
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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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What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.
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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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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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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 only time I’ll get good reviews is if I kill myself.
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I write to find out what I’m talking about.
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Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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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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