Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
EDWARD ALBEEDashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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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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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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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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I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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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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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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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.
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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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Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody’s encouraged to want less, you’ll end up with less.
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A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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When you get old, you can’t talk to people because people snap at you…. That’s why you become deaf, so you won’t be able to hear people talking to you that way.
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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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Progress is a set of assumptions.
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