An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was forced to adopt the method of the artist of not explaining but putting the blocks together in some other way that seems more significant to him. Which is a rather fancy way of saying I started writing.
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light.
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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
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I don’t believe in “original sin.” I don’t believe in “guilt.” I don’t believe in villains or heroes – only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.
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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
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I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
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Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
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Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early–almost before you’re half-acquainted with life–you meet the other.
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Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
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Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we’re doing, if we’re selling it, if the listener likes us.
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