An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
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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Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.
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I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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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?
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Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
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All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.
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What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.
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There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.
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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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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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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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