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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All good art is an indiscretion.

All good art is an indiscretion.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

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...

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of...

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of...

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart,...

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart,...

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 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...

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...

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!

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

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

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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 you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or...

When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or...

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls,...

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls,...

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.