Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams IIIwas an American playwright and author of many stage classics. Along with Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller he is considered among the three foremost playwrights in 20th-century American drama...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth26 March 1911
CountryUnited States of America
time distance two
For time is the longest distance between two places.
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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.
ruins matter no-matter-what
Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
reality artist doe
It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
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It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don't want to write.
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Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
hate thinking hatred
I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
believe artist may
An artist must believe in himself. Your belief is contagious. Others may say he is vain, but they are affected.
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Jim lights a cigarette and leans indolently back on his elbow smiling at Laura with a warmth and charm which lights her inwardly with altar candles.
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Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.
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Success and failure are equally disastrous.
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Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.
life live-by life-changing
To be free is to have achieved your life.