Well, when you write about people of a certain age we are in a postsexual situation. If I write about younger people then I write sexually, because their drive is sexual. It depends upon the circumstances.
EDWARD ALBEEI 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.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
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I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.
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Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.
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Art should never try to be popular.
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Influence is a matter of selection – both acceptance and rejection.
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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?!
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Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf means who’s afraid of the big bad wolf, who’s afraid of living life without false illusions.
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Progress is a set of assumptions.
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Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
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That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
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I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
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Sincerity doesn’t mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
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Art has an obligation to offend.
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If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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A lot of people are confused by “hello.” A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by.
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