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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSIt is, perhaps more than anything else, the arrest of time which has taken place in a completed work of art that gives certain plays their feeling of depth and significance.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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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.
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Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.
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The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
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This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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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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Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
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There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
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All creative work, all life in a sense, is a cri de coeur.
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I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
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Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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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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The future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
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There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.
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