I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
EDWARD ALBEEThat’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
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It always seems to me better to slough off the answer to a question that I consider to be a terrible invasion of privacy – the kind of privacy that a writer must keep for himself.
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Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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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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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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A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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School curriculum that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians.
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That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I’m tired.I’m tired of the truth and I’m tired of lying about the truth.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
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I write to find out what I’m talking about.
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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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