Writing has got to be an act of discovery, I write to find out what I’m thinking about.
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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There are only two things to write about: life and death.
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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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Death is release, if you’ve lived all right.
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I think you remember everything, you just can’t bring it to mind all the time.
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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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Art has an obligation to offend.
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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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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production by Samuel Beckett running.
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Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
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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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I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.
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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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The responsibility of the writer is to be a sort of demonic social critic — to present the world and people in it as he sees it and say, “Do you like it? If you don’t like it, change it.
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Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
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