If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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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Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
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Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable. –Blanche Dubois
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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.
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The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin’ orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
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In memory everything seems to happen to music.
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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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William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. “In the time of your life–live!”
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Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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Physical beauty is passing – a transitory possession – but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart – I have all these things – aren’t taken away but grow! Increase with the years!
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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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Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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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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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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A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.
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