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The only time I’ll get good reviews is if I kill myself.

Edward Albee

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
A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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Control Perspective Writing
Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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Bed Music Sports
Death is release, if you’ve lived all right.
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Death Live Right Yourself
The characters’ lives have gone on before the moment you chose to have the action of the play begin. And their lives are going to go on after you have lowered the final curtain on the play, unless you’ve killed them off.
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Action Character Live Lower Moments Yourself
I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.
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Art Criticism Finding Myself Relative Response Work
I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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Finding Play Writing
Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
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Correct Distance Necessary Order Time Way
If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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Alive Life Wound Yourself
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
I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
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Head Hit Symbol Yourself
If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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Failure Inspirational Success Willing Yourself
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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Art Commerce Destroy Disturbance Escape People Serious Wasted Time
Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.
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Carry Difference Illusion Truth Yourself
Art should never try to be popular.
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Art One Liner Popular
Progress is a set of assumptions.
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Assumption One Liner Progress

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