There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSMake voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.
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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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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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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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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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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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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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There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be.
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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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The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny.
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When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
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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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Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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When you’re going through a period of unhappiness, a broken love affair, the death of someone you love, or some other disorder in your life, then you have no refuge but writing.
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