The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSGlass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
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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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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it with ease.
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Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.
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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
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Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.
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That time is short and it doesn’t return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, and the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, loss, loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition.
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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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