Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin’ orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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To be free is to have achieved your life.
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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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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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Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
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All creative work, all life in a sense, is a cri de coeur.
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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
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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.
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The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.
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Don’t you just love these long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn’t just an hour — but a little bit of eternity dropped in your hands — and who knows what to do with it?
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Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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