I don’t believe in “original sin.” I don’t believe in “guilt.” I don’t believe in villains or heroes – only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS- He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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I don’t believe in “original sin.” I don’t believe in “guilt.” I don’t believe in villains or heroes – only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.
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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!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWe 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 have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
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Some 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.
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.
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In all these years, you never believed I loved you. And I did. I did so much. I did love you. I even loved your hate and your hardness.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSIn all these years, you never believed I loved you. And I did. I did so much. I did love you. I even loved your hate and your hardness.
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I have always been more interested in creating a character that contains something crippled. I think nearly all of us have some kind of defect.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI have always been more interested in creating a character that contains something crippled. I think nearly all of us have some kind of defect.
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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny.
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Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSNobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
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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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWhat 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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Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSKill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSGlass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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Luck is believing you’re lucky.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSLuck is believing you’re lucky.
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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSNothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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For time is the longest distance between two places.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSFor time is the longest distance between two places.
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