Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.
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I try to work every day because you have no refuge but writing.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.
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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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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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A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.
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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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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we’re doing, if we’re selling it, if the listener likes us.
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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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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.
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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early–almost before you’re half-acquainted with life–you meet the other.
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