Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSNobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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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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And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was forced to adopt the method of the artist of not explaining but putting the blocks together in some other way that seems more significant to him. Which is a rather fancy way of saying I started writing.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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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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I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
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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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And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.
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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
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They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!
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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
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