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Progress is a set of assumptions.

Edward Albee

There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
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Actor Population
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
Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.
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Author Black Creativity Discussion Magic Process
If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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Alive Life Wound Yourself
Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.
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Act Discovery Finding Oneself Writing
Every monster was a man first.
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Man Monster One Liner
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 Commerce Destroy Disturbance Escape People Serious Wasted Time
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
I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.
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Beyond Creation Cruelty Effect Independent Kindness Learning Myself
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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Feeling Myself Necessary Place Play
Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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Best Goodness Hope Intention
Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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Acceptance Influence Rejection Religion Selection
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.
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Lying Myself Sick Tired Truth
Art should never try to be popular.
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Art One Liner Popular
I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
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Head Hit Symbol Yourself
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

Progress is a set of assumptions.

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