The future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSSome mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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That time is short and it doesn’t return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, and the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, loss, loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition.
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To change is to live, to live is to change, and not to change is to die.
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Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the on that you love doesn’t love you.
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Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
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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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Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.
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An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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Guessing isn’t knowing.
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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
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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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Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
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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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Youth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick.
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If you can’t be yourself, what’s the point of being anyone else?
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