I believe that the silence of God, the absolute speechlessness of Him is a long, long, and awful thing that the whole world is lost because of.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI 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.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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If you can’t be yourself, what’s the point of being anyone else?
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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
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Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
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I don’t want realism. I want magic!
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The helpless can’t help the helpless.
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.
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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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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. “In the time of your life–live!”
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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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