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 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!
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.
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I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
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America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.
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The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.
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Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
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To be free is to have achieved your life.
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Guessing isn’t knowing.
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Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
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When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
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Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you
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When you’re going through a period of unhappiness, a broken love affair, the death of someone you love, or some other disorder in your life, then you have no refuge but writing.
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The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.
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