I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

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.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

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

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

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...

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...

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Luck is believing you're lucky.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

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...

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on...

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on...

Hate is a thing, a feeling, that can only exist where there is no understanding.

Hate is a thing, a feeling, that can only exist where there is no understanding.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us...

We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us...

Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble...

Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble...

Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph ~~ Preserve your memories, they're all...

Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph ~~ Preserve your memories, they're all...