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Tennessee Williams Quotes

Tennessee Williams quotes

American Playwright March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983

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That Europe is nothin' on earth but a great big auction, that's all it is, that bunch of old worn-out places, it's just a big fire-sale, the whole rutten thing. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "You can be young without money but you can't be old without it."
You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one..."
I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "Go, then! Go to the moon-you selfish dreamer!"
Go, then! Go to the moon-you selfish dreamer! Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "Revolution begins in putting on bright colors."
Revolution begins in putting on bright colors. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is..."
Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged. Tennessee Williams
You know, then that the public Somebody you are when you 'have a name' is a fiction created with mirrors and that the only somebody worth being is the solitary and unseen you that existed from your first breath Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "No, truth is something desperate, an' she's got it. Believe..."
No, truth is something desperate, an' she's got it. Believe me, it's something desperate, an' she's got it. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "Show me a person who hasnt known any sorrow and Ill show you a..."
Show me a person who hasnt known any sorrow and Ill show you a superficial. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "Luck is believing you're lucky."
Luck is believing you're lucky. Tennessee Williams
We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against..."
We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. Tennessee Williams
It was useless trying to explain to Cecila that poetry wasn't a commodity, that it could never be bought or sold, that it was, in fact, unteansferrable, remaining forever a part of the one who wrote it. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams quote: "Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much..."
Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much glory. They don't want glory like that in nobody's heart Tennessee Williams
The role of benefactor is worse than thankless, it's the role of a victim, Doctor, a sacrificial victim, yes, they want your blood, Doctor, they want your blood on the altar steps of their outraged, outrageous egos! Tennessee Williams

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