Your source material is the people you know, not those you don’t know, but every character is an extension of the author’s own personality.
EDWARD ALBEESincerity doesn’t mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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Every monster was a man first.
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The characters’ lives have gone on before the moment you chose to have the action of the play begin. And their lives are going to go on after you have lowered the final curtain on the play, unless you’ve killed them off.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them ‘all of my life.’
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Death is release, if you’ve lived all right.
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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don’t want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist. That’s a waste of time.
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Art should never try to be popular.
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A lot of people are confused by “hello.” A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by.
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As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I’ve been influenced by every single play I’ve ever experienced.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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The most profound indication of social malignancy no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.
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