First, I’ll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just kill him.
EDWARD ALBEEI don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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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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Art has an obligation to offend.
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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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American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
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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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I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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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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What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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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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Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
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