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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.

Edward Albee

When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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Blame End People Play Way
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.
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Careful Prevent Terrible Theatre
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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Afraid Fake Illusion Life Live
That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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Happiness Moments Stop
A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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Interest Myself Surprise
Art should never try to be popular.
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Art One Liner Popular
I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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Interest Live Myself Production Run
I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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Mindset Myself Remember Thinking Time Yourself
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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Confusion Education People
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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Animal Art Conscious Decorative Essential Ourselves Separate
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 Commerce Destroy Disturbance Escape People Serious Wasted Time
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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Fact Fiction Play Truth
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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Doubt Evolution Human Myself Place Thinking Time Wonder
Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
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Himself Play Stage
Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
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Act Discover Myself Thinking Writing
Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Acceptance Influence Rejection Religion Selection

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