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?
EDWARD ALBEEThere are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
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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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Progress is a set of assumptions.
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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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I don’t feel that catharsis in a play necessarily takes place during the course of a play. Often it should take place afterward.
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A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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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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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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I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.
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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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Every monster was a man first.
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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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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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