The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not. Edward Albee More Quotes by Edward Albee More Quotes From Edward Albee Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. Edward Albee writingbookreality What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have. Edward Albee educatedtastemean There are only two things to write about: life and death. Edward Albee life-and-deathwritingtwo As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced. Edward Albee imaginefashionplay The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with people after as much reality-removal as they can get. Edward Albee realitypeopleart A lot of people are confused by "hello." A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn't be confused by. Edward Albee helloconfusedpeople Why we are here is an impenetrable question. Edward Albee why-we-are-here Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely. Edward Albee magiccreativity If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive? Edward Albee aliveifsknows You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are. Edward Albee trufflesswineshows The characters' lives have gone on before the moment you chose to have the action of the play begin. And their lives are going to go on after you have lowered the final curtain on the play, unless you've killed them off. Edward Albee finalsplaycharacter Anything you put in a play -- any speech -- has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along. Edward Albee playcharactertwo I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like. Edward Albee feels Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about. Edward Albee findingswritingdiscovery Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen. Edward Albee amenillusiondifferences Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality. Edward Albee writingcharacterpeople Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?! Edward Albee motherplayyears Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process--it is, after all, black magic. Edward Albee magicblackcreative The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself. Edward Albee reviewsonly-timeifs A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth. Edward Albee truthplayfiction
