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When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.

Edward Albee

What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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Fantasy Involvement People Reality Theatre
I have been both overpraised and under praised. I assume by the time I finish writing — and I plan to go on writing until I’m 90 or gaga it will all equal itself out.
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Equality Myself Praise Time Writing
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
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
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Bad Definition Goodness Reality Writing
Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Acceptance Influence Rejection Religion Selection
American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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Criticism Death Facility
Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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Bed Music Sports
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 arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.
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Animal Art Conscious Decorative Essential Ourselves Separate
Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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Author Black Creativity Discussion Magic Process
Art should never try to be popular.
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Art One Liner Popular
It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
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Promote Public Responsibility Theatre
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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Fact Fiction Play Truth
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
When people don’t like the way a play ends, they’re likely to blame the play.
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Blame End People Play Way
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

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