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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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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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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Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
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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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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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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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There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
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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 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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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 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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I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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