The object of art is to make eternal the desperately fleeting moment. Tennessee Williams More Quotes by Tennessee Williams More Quotes From Tennessee Williams Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level. Tennessee Williams good-morning levels morning Just another four-letter word. Tennessee Williams four letters love They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the only advice they can give. Tennessee Williams advice bird giving The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform. Tennessee Williams compromise trouble world No, truth is something desperate, an' she's got it. Believe me, it's something desperate, an' she's got it. Tennessee Williams desperate truth-is believe For there was a conspiracy of dullness in the world, a universal plan to shut out the resurgences of spirit which might interfere with clockwork. Better to keep your elevation unseen until it is higher than strangers' hands can reach to pull you down to their level. Tennessee Williams unseen hands world It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup. Tennessee Williams saying-goodbye mushrooms interesting I met her last summer on a moonlight boat trip. Tennessee Williams boat lasts summer We're left alone with each other. We have to creep close to each other and give gentle little nudges with our paws and our muzzles before we can slip into sleep and rest for the next day's playtime. Tennessee Williams next-day sleep giving I know all about the tyranny of women. Tennessee Williams tyranny knows My '60s plays were as good as most of the other plays I've written ... except I wasn't in a condition to refine them, to help in the rehearsal, or do anything. I was hardly conscious of what was going on except during the hours of the day when I was actually writing ... and that was with the aid of speed. Tennessee Williams rehearsal play writing I'm much more conscious of historical events since the '60s. In the '60s, I was insulated by my own addictions, my own lifestyle, from what was going on in the world. After I recovered I was amazed at certain people who had died. I hadn't noticed that they had gone. Not friends ... I'm talking about public figures who had passed away. Tennessee Williams addiction talking people It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it makes him able to write from the female point of view as well as the male. In some cases, of course, you will find some homosexual writers who can only write from a f - - -'s point of view. But I don't regard myself as a f - - -! Some people may. Also audiences wanted escapism. They don't like too much protest or criticism of their way of life. Tennessee Williams views writing sex I'm tired and it's taking an increasing amount out of me, more than I have to give physically. And that's why I want to move to Sicily and buy that little farm and raise a flock of goats and geese. I find it peaceful ... and it would be a nice way to end life. Tennessee Williams tired nice moving I'm not in sympathy with Communism except for populations which are in a state of peasantry, actually hungry and starving. The ideal state for me is some form of Socialism, which doesn't yet exist, as far as I know, which doesn't repress the arts, or any race. Consequently I'm not a political person ... except that I'm a revolutionary. Tennessee Williams political race art I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. Tennessee Williams Life is an unanswered question, but let's believe in the dignity and important of the question. Tennessee Williams There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation. Tennessee Williams You've got many refinements. I don't think you need to worry about your failure at long division. I mean, after all, you got through short division, and short division is all that a lady ought to be called on to cope with. Tennessee Williams
