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Art has an obligation to offend.

Edward Albee

A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
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Comfortable Criticism Himself Play Responsibility Society
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
It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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Promote Public Responsibility Theatre
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
Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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Philosophy Question
As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I’ve been influenced by every single play I’ve ever experienced.
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Experience Fashion Imagination Myself Play
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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Lying Myself Sick Tired Truth
American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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Criticism Death Facility
If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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Failure Inspirational Success Willing Yourself
Maybe it’s a little more pertinent now since the whole concept of evolution is being questioned by the know-nothing Republican right. Yes, maybe the play’s a little more pertinent now.
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Concept Evolution Play Question
Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Acceptance Influence Rejection Religion Selection
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
The most profound indication of social malignancy no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.
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Humor Joke Social
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
The act of creation, as you very well know, is a lonely and private matter and has nothing to do with the public area… the performance of the work one creates.
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Act Creation Lonely Oneself Performance Privacy
A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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Control Perspective Writing

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