When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
EDWARD ALBEEI think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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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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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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That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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Art should never try to be popular.
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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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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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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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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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A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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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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Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
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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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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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