The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
EDWARD ALBEEI write to find out what I’m talking about.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with people after as much reality-removal as they can get.
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Well, when you write about people of a certain age we are in a postsexual situation. If I write about younger people then I write sexually, because their drive is sexual. It depends upon the circumstances.
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People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them ‘all of my life.’
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It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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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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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.
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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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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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Art should never try to be popular.
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Progress is a set of assumptions.
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