The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWe 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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSNot facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSAt the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWe’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSIf I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSYou can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThat 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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWe have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe helpless can’t help the helpless.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWe are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThere are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI 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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSYouth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSA bedroom is just as nice as whoever sleeps in it with you.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSAnd funerals are pretty compared to deaths.
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