Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who...

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who...

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...

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.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!

We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!

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...

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...

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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...

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always...

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always...

Did you know the pen is stronger than the knife: they can kill you once...

Did you know the pen is stronger than the knife: they can kill you once...