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Tennessee Williams Quotes

New Orleans could wreck your liver and poison your blood. It could destroy you financially. It could shun you or embrace you, teach you tricks of the heart you thought Tennessee Williams was just kidding about. And in August it could break your spirit Picture Quote #1

When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would’ve pleased me more than if I could have written like Eugene O’Neil or Tennessee Williams Picture Quote #1

Mexico is the front door to South America - and the back door to the states Picture Quote #1

Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you Picture Quote #1

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. 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? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you Picture Quote #1

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It’s the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it Picture Quote #1

It is, perhaps more than anything else, the arrest of time which has taken place in a completed work of art that gives certain plays their feeling of depth and significance Picture Quote #1

The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny Picture Quote #1

I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life Picture Quote #1

We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress Picture Quote #1

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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won’t come out while you’re watching Picture Quote #1

A witch and a bitch always dress up for each other, because otherwise the witch would upstage the bitch, or the bitch would upstage the witch, and the result would be havoc Picture Quote #1

It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses Picture Quote #1

Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation Picture Quote #1

Everyone says he's sincere, but everyone isn't sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he's sincere there wouldn't be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones! Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Mrs. Stone found herself thinking that surely such beauty was a world of its own whose anarchy had a sort of godly license Picture Quote #1

What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof, I wish I knew.... just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can Picture Quote #1

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the big female weapon, and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it Picture Quote #1

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth Picture Quote #1

I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you. But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary Picture Quote #1

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with Picture Quote #1

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All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress Picture Quote #1

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success Picture Quote #1

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. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really Picture Quote #1

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is Picture Quote #1

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it. Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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New Orleans could wreck your liver and poison your blood. It could destroy you financially. It could shun you or embrace you, teach you tricks of the heart you thought Tennessee Williams was just kidding about. And in August it could break your spirit (Tennessee Williams Quotes) When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would’ve pleased me more than if I could have written like Eugene O’Neil or Tennessee Williams (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Mexico is the front door to South America - and the back door to the states... (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. 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? (Tennessee Williams Quotes) 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 Quotes) I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you. (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It’s the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it. (Tennessee Williams Quotes) It is, perhaps more than anything else, the arrest of time which has taken place in a completed work of art that gives certain plays their feeling of depth and significance. (Tennessee Williams Quotes) The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny. (Tennessee Williams Quotes) I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life (Tennessee Williams Quotes) We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won’t come out while you’re watching. (Tennessee Williams Quotes) A witch and a bitch always dress up for each other, because otherwise the witch would upstage the bitch, or the bitch would upstage the witch, and the result would be havoc (Tennessee Williams Quotes) It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses (Tennessee Williams Quotes) 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 Quotes) Everyone says he's sincere, but everyone isn't sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he's sincere there wouldn't be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones! (Tennessee Williams Quotes) 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 Quotes) Mrs. Stone found herself thinking that surely such beauty was a world of its own whose anarchy had a sort of godly license (Tennessee Williams Quotes) What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof, I wish I knew.... just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the big female weapon, and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth (Tennessee Williams Quotes) I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you. But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary (Tennessee Williams Quotes) A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with (Tennessee Williams Quotes) All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress (Tennessee Williams Quotes) I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success (Tennessee Williams Quotes) 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. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is (Tennessee Williams Quotes) Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it. Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching (Tennessee Williams Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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