The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSHow long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven’t I done time enough, haven’t I served my term? can’t I apply for a-pardon?
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.
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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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Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
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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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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
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Don’t you think there is always something unspoken between two people?
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America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.
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Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
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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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A bedroom is just as nice as whoever sleeps in it with you.
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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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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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