For time is the longest distance between two places.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Maybe they weren't punks at all, but New York drama critics.

Maybe they weren't punks at all, but New York drama critics.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is...

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is...

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as...

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as...

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but...

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but...

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever...

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever...

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future....

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future....

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are...

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are...

Luck is believing you're lucky.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

And besides, when you love somebody, you mustn't listen to what they say. They say...

And besides, when you love somebody, you mustn't listen to what they say. They say...

To be free is to have achieved your life.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends...

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends...

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive...

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive...

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish...

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish...