It’s hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don’t want to write.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you?
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In memory everything seems to happen to music.
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Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early–almost before you’re half-acquainted with life–you meet the other.
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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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An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
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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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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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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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