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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
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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.
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light.
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I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life.
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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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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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What you need is someone to take hold of you–gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of–and I can! I’m determined to do it–and nothing’s more determined than a cat on a tin roof–is there?
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It’s hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don’t want to write.
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Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
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I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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