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
women hysteria weapons
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.
heart hands devil
Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.
time thinking fire
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.
death blow men
A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. No woman can hold him. The wind must blow him away.
sleep next-day dating
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.
sweet regret long
Is a lifetime long enough to hold the regret that I have for that fantastically aborted but crazily sweet love affair?
heart rose want
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
discouraged menagerie being-disappointed
Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
father orchids looks
When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse. The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin' orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
writing world pleasure
There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
way world paper
The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn't so funny.
believe taken hero
I don't believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
thinking artist two
Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare.
confidence fake-people wine
Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.