Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI am more faithful than I intended to be!
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
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The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
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It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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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.
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If you can’t be yourself, what’s the point of being anyone else?
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Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
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Everybody is nothing until you love them.
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Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
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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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Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.
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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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The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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Luck is believing you’re lucky.
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