There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
EDWARD ALBEEWhen people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Anything you put in a play – any speech – has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along.
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Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
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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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I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
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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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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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You’re alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn’t lived it?
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I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.
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Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that’s what I like about you most. Your anger.
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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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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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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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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 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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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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