The object of art is to make eternal the desperately fleeting moment.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSTalent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
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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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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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There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
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The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin’ orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
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Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.
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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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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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Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
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What you need is someone to take hold of you–gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of–and I can! I’m determined to do it–and nothing’s more determined than a cat on a tin roof–is there?
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
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