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 WILLIAMSA blindness to what is going on in each other’s hearts.
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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us.
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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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The 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.
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But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.
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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.
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I don’t want realism. I want magic!
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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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A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.
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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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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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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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