We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

Topics: Tennessee Williams Quotes

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!

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 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...

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...

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

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...

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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...

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...

All good art is an indiscretion

All good art is an indiscretion

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.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

A witch and a bitch always dress up for each other, because otherwise the witch...

A witch and a bitch always dress up for each other, because otherwise the witch...

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 -...

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...

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

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...

All good art is an indiscretion.

All good art is an indiscretion.

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...