We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

Topics: Tennessee Williams Quotes

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...

There is time for departure even when theres no certain place to go.

There is time for departure even when theres no certain place to go.

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...

Funerals are pretty compared to death

Funerals are pretty compared to death

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are...

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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!

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him