There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
EDWARD ALBEEWho’s afraid of Virginia Woolf means who’s afraid of the big bad wolf, who’s afraid of living life without false illusions.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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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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One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.
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I have been both overpraised and under praised. I assume by the time I finish writing — and I plan to go on writing until I’m 90 or gaga it will all equal itself out.
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I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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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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When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.
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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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That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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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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If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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