That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Every monster was a man first.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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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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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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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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A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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