I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.

EDWARD ALBEE

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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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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.

EDWARD ALBEE

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.
EDWARD ALBEE
I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I’m tired.I’m tired of the truth and I’m tired of lying about the truth.

EDWARD ALBEE

I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I’m tired.I’m tired of the truth and I’m tired of lying about the truth.
EDWARD ALBEE
What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.

EDWARD ALBEE

What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
EDWARD ALBEE

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

EDWARD ALBEE

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

Review
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.

EDWARD ALBEE

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.
EDWARD ALBEE

Doubt Evolution
Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.

EDWARD ALBEE

Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.
EDWARD ALBEE

Illusion
When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don’t put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.

EDWARD ALBEE

When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don’t put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.
EDWARD ALBEE

Development
Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!

EDWARD ALBEE

Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!
EDWARD ALBEE

Adoption Mom
Why we are here is an impenetrable question.

EDWARD ALBEE

Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
EDWARD ALBEE
Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.

EDWARD ALBEE

Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
EDWARD ALBEE

Stage
A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.

EDWARD ALBEE

A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
EDWARD ALBEE
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.

EDWARD ALBEE

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.
EDWARD ALBEE

Author Extension Material Source
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.

EDWARD ALBEE

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.
EDWARD ALBEE

Decorative
Every monster was a man first.

EDWARD ALBEE

Every monster was a man first.
EDWARD ALBEE

Monster
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.

EDWARD ALBEE

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.
EDWARD ALBEE

Optimism
I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.

EDWARD ALBEE

I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.
EDWARD ALBEE

Cruelty Independent

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