An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSHe gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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The scene is memory and is therefore nonrealistic. Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart.
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The object of art is to make eternal the desperately fleeting moment.
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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.
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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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Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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A blindness to what is going on in each other’s hearts.
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The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.
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Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
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Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial.
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