Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
EDWARD ALBEEWhat I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
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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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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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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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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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There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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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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The only time I’ll get good reviews is if I kill myself.
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Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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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 suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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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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What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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