William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. “In the time of your life–live!”
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.
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Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
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What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? – I wish I knew… Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can.
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I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
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When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
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Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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Success and failure are equally disastrous.
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Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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We are all of us born, live and die in the shadow of a giant question mark that refers to three questions: Where do we come from? Why? And where, oh where, are we going!
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I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it with ease.
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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
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