I write to find out what I’m talking about.
EDWARD ALBEEWhy we are here is an impenetrable question.
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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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.
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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
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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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What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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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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In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed. But what you can do is to educate the people to the point that they will throw the rascals out.
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The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
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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.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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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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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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I don’t feel that catharsis in a play necessarily takes place during the course of a play. Often it should take place afterward.
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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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