One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.
EDWARD ALBEEOne has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
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The only time I’ll get good reviews is if I kill myself.
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Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that’s what I like about you most. Your anger.
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Being different is interesting; there’s nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme well, then, reality tends to fade away.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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You’re alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn’t lived it?
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Sincerity doesn’t mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
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I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.
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Well, when you write about people of a certain age we are in a postsexual situation. If I write about younger people then I write sexually, because their drive is sexual. It depends upon the circumstances.
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Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.
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Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf means who’s afraid of the big bad wolf, who’s afraid of living life without false illusions.
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Progress is a set of assumptions.
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First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
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