Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other.
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
-
-
Guessing isn’t knowing.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
Luck is believing you’re lucky.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
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 WILLIAMS -
Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. “In the time of your life–live!”
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven’t I done time enough, haven’t I served my term? can’t I apply for a-pardon?
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS