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A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.

Edward Albee

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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Correct Distance Necessary Order Time Way
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
Every monster was a man first.
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Man Monster One Liner
People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them ‘all of my life.’
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Life Myself People Play Writing
A lot interests me – but nothing surprises me particularly.
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Interest Myself Surprise
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
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Bad Definition Goodness Reality Writing
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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Alive End Life Live Realization Worst Yourself
The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with people after as much reality-removal as they can get.
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Function Greatness Movie Ourselves People Touch
There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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Actor Population
Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
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Act Discover Myself Thinking Writing
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
One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.
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Careful Prevent Terrible Theatre
Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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Bed Music Sports
Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Acceptance Influence Rejection Religion Selection
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
A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
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Control Perspective Writing

A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.

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