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 WILLIAMSWhat 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.
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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Youth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick.
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Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.
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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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They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!
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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!”
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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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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 don’t want realism. I want magic!
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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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Guessing isn’t knowing.
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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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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