The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

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.

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...

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the...

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the...

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

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,...

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...

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

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.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

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...

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy -...

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy -...

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...

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...

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

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.