All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI 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.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in 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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An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
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Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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And funerals are pretty compared to deaths.
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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 believe that the silence of God, the absolute speechlessness of Him is a long, long, and awful thing that the whole world is lost because of.
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And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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Success and failure are equally disastrous.
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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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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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