There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

EDWARD ALBEE

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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

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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.

EDWARD ALBEE

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.
EDWARD ALBEE

Careful Prevent Theatre
I write to find out what I’m talking about.

EDWARD ALBEE

I write to find out what I’m talking about.
EDWARD ALBEE
Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!

EDWARD ALBEE

Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!
EDWARD ALBEE

Adoption Mom
A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.

EDWARD ALBEE

A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
EDWARD ALBEE
It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.

EDWARD ALBEE

It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
EDWARD ALBEE

Responsibility Theatre
Progress is a set of assumptions.

EDWARD ALBEE

Progress is a set of assumptions.
EDWARD ALBEE

Assumption
People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them ‘all of my life.’

EDWARD ALBEE

People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them ‘all of my life.’
EDWARD ALBEE
If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

EDWARD ALBEE

If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
EDWARD ALBEE

Willing
Sincerity doesn’t mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.

EDWARD ALBEE

Sincerity doesn’t mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
EDWARD ALBEE

Destruction
One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

EDWARD ALBEE

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.
EDWARD ALBEE

Mindset Oneself Respond
I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.

EDWARD ALBEE

I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.
EDWARD ALBEE

Nourishment Reassurance
There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

EDWARD ALBEE

There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
EDWARD ALBEE

Chaos
There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.

EDWARD ALBEE

There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
EDWARD ALBEE

Population
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.

EDWARD ALBEE

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.
EDWARD ALBEE

Decorative
A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.

EDWARD ALBEE

A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
EDWARD ALBEE
Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.

EDWARD ALBEE

Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
EDWARD ALBEE

Best Intention

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