I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to...

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to...

All good art is an indiscretion.

All good art is an indiscretion.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.

Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in...

Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in...

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.

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits...

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits...

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know...

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know...

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...

Sometimes I think that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some...

Sometimes I think that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some...

All good art is an indiscretion

All good art is an indiscretion

Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick...

Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick...

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...

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine,...

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine,...

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way...

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way...

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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...