We are all of us born, live and die in the shadow of a giant question mark that refers to three questions: Where do we come from? Why? And where, oh where, are we going!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWhen I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Some things are not forgiveable.
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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.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.
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Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.
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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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To change is to live, to live is to change, and not to change is to die.
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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
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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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Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable. –Blanche Dubois
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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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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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.
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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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