For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura -- and so goodbye. . . . Tennessee Williams More Quotes by Tennessee Williams More Quotes From Tennessee Williams A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with. Tennessee Williams vacuums nature stuff 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. Tennessee Williams theatre play character He was a boy, just a boy, when I was a very young girl. When I was sixteen, I made the discovery - love. All at once and much, much too completely. It was like you suddenly turned a blinding on something that had always been half in shadow, that's how it struck the world for me. But I was unlucky. Deluded. Tennessee Williams girl discovery boys Oh, I haven't reached any peak. I hit the bottom in the '60s. When a certain actress undertook the leading role in a recent play of mine, she referred to me as "that old derelict." Not to my face, but behind my back. Tennessee Williams roles faces play Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the on that you love doesn't love you. Tennessee Williams someone-you-love ifs love-you You'll be surprised how infinitely merciful they [these tablets] are. The prescription number is 96814. I think of it as the telephone number of God! Tennessee Williams tablets numbers thinking I talk out the lines as I write them. Tennessee Williams lines writing Walls are built up between people a hell of a damn sight faster than--broken down. Tennessee Williams wall sight people There's no better credit card in the world than driving up at a bank door in a Cadillac limousine. Tennessee Williams credit doors cards We are all of us born, live and die in the shadow of a giant question mark that refers to three questions: Where do we come from? Why? And where, oh where, are we going! Tennessee Williams giants shadow three I'm not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie) Tennessee Williams cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof maggie cages 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. Tennessee Williams time-goes-by tin half Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged. Tennessee Williams being-disappointed menagerie discouraged Nothing human disgusts me unless it's unkind. Tennessee Williams disgusting humans humanity Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory. Tennessee Williams theatre found writing Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare. Tennessee Williams artist two thinking I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action. Tennessee Williams naked rude light I am more faithful than I intended to be! Tennessee Williams faithful The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. 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? Tennessee Williams remember love thinking Only animals have to satisfy instincts! Surely your aims are somewhat higher than theirs! Than monkeys! Pigs! Tennessee Williams monkeys animal pigs
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