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Edward Albee quotes: There's no limit to you, is there? There's no limit to you, is there?
Edward Albee quotes: I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.
Edward Albee quotes: That's what happens in plays, yes? The shit hits the fan.Edward Albee That's what happens in plays, yes? The shit hits the fan.
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Edward Albee quotes: Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage. Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
Edward Albee quotes: I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like. I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like.
Edward Albee quotes: You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it? You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?
Edward Albee quotes: Creativity is magic, don't examine it too closely. Creativity is magic, don't examine it too closely.
Edward Albee quotes: I dance like the wind. I dance like the wind.
Edward Albee quotes: The government is far more interested in taking, in regulated taking, than in promoting spontaneous generosity. The government is far more interested in taking, in regulated taking, than in promoting spontaneous generosity.
Edward Albee quotes: Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere. Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
Edward Albee quotes: First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him. First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.
Edward Albee quotes: Writing should be useful. If it can't instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness there's no point in doing it. Writing should be useful. If it can't instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness there's no point in doing it.
Edward Albee quotes: Lady, you can't fuck a metaphor. Lady, you can't fuck a metaphor.
Edward Albee quotes: Any definition which limits us is deplorable. Any definition which limits us is deplorable.
Edward Albee quotes: If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly. If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
Edward Albee quotes: You want to dance with me, angel tits? You want to dance with me, angel tits?
Edward Albee quotes: That's the happiest moment. When it's all done. When we stop. When we can stop. That's the happiest moment. When it's all done. When we stop. When we can stop.
Edward Albee quotes: I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you. I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you.
Edward Albee quotes: Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end. Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end.
Edward Albee quotes: Every monster was a man first. Every monster was a man first.
Edward Albee quotes: I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time. I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time.
Edward Albee quotes: Knowing it--knowing it's true is one thing, but believing what you know... well, there's the tough part. Knowing it--knowing it's true is one thing, but believing what you know... well, there's the tough part.
Edward Albee quotes: If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic. If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.
Edward Albee quotes: Death is release, if you've lived all right. Death is release, if you've lived all right.
Edward Albee quotes: A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it. A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
Edward Albee quotes: There is chaos behind the civility, of course. There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
Edward Albee quotes: To all of you who have made my being alive so wonderful, so exciting and so full, my thanks and all my love. To all of you who have made my being alive so wonderful, so exciting and so full, my thanks and all my love.
Edward Albee quotes: The world is a zoo The world is a zoo
Edward Albee quotes: Art has an obligation to offend Art has an obligation to offend
Edward Albee quotes: A lot of people are confused by "hello." A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn't be confused by. A lot of people are confused by "hello." A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn't be confused by.
Edward Albee quotes: I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do. I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.
Edward Albee quotes: American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties. American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.
Edward Albee quotes: In my mind, Martha, you are buried in cement right up to your neck. No ... right up to your nose ... that's much quieter. In my mind, Martha, you are buried in cement right up to your neck. No ... right up to your nose ... that's much quieter.
Edward Albee quotes: You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are. You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.
Edward Albee quotes: Why we are here is an impenetrable question. Why we are here is an impenetrable question.
Edward Albee quotes: What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have. What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
Edward Albee quotes: It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater. It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.
Edward Albee quotes: Musical beds is the faculty sport around here. Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.
Edward Albee quotes: Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger. Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger.
Edward Albee quotes: To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage. To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage.
Edward Albee quotes: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee quotes: The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself. The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself.
Edward Albee quotes: I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do. I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.
Edward Albee quotes: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions.
Edward Albee quotes: Anything you put in a play any speech has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along. Anything you put in a play
any speech
has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along.
Edward Albee quotes: A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth. A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
Edward Albee quotes: I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up? I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
Edward Albee quotes: Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality. Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality.
Edward Albee quotes: The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not. The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.
Edward Albee quotes: What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement. What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
Edward Albee quotes: Good writers define realityBad ones merely restate it. Good writers define reality
Bad ones merely restate it.
Edward Albee quotes: You're in a straight line, buddy-boy, and it doesn't lead anywhere ... except maybe the grave. You're in a straight line, buddy-boy, and it doesn't lead anywhere ... except maybe the grave.
Edward Albee quotes: I'm not responsible for the commercialization. The people who produce the plays are responsible for it. I'm not responsible for the commercialization. The people who produce the plays are responsible for it.
Edward Albee quotes: I write to find out what I'm talking about. I write to find out what I'm talking about.
Edward Albee quotes: The most profound indication of social malignancy ... no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke. The most profound indication of social malignancy ... no sense of humor. None of the monoliths could take a joke.
Edward Albee quotes: I'm infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life. I'm infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life.
Edward Albee quotes: I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets. I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.
Edward Albee quotes: Who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension ... Who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension ...
Edward Albee quotes: Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative processit is, after all, black magic. Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process
it is, after all, black magic.
Edward Albee quotes: School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians
Edward Albee quotes: Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve. Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
Edward Albee quotes: Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference.George: No, but we must carry on as though we did.Martha: Amen. Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference.
George: No, but we must carry on as though we did.
Martha: Amen.
Edward Albee quotes: There are only two things to write about: life and death. There are only two things to write about: life and death.
Edward Albee quotes: I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I'm tired.I'm tired of the truth and I'm tired of lying about the truth. I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I'm tired.I'm tired of the truth and I'm tired of lying about the truth.
Edward Albee quotes: I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running. I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running.
Edward Albee quotes: Progress is a set of assumptions. Progress is a set of assumptions.
Edward Albee quotes: If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive? If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive?
Edward Albee quotes: The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter. The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.
Edward Albee quotes: I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts. I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.
Edward Albee quotes: Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
Edward Albee quotes: I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves. I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.
Edward Albee quotes: When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don't put down a word until the play seems ready to be written. When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don't put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.
Edward Albee quotes: When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.
Edward Albee quotes: A writer is a controlled schizophrenic. A writer is a controlled schizophrenic.
Edward Albee quotes: Art should never try to be popular. Art should never try to be popular.
Edward Albee quotes: Art is nowhere near as dangerous as it should be. Art is nowhere near as dangerous as it should be.
Edward Albee quotes: Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly. Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
Edward Albee quotes: All plays are social comment to one extent or another. All plays are social comment to one extent or another.
Edward Albee quotes: The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it. The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.
Edward Albee quotes: I don't think I've ever written about me. I'm not a character in any of my plays, except that boy, that silent boy that turns up in Three Tall Women. I don't think I've ever written about me. I'm not a character in any of my plays, except that boy, that silent boy that turns up in Three Tall Women.
Edward Albee quotes: We must have that put in Latin - We do what we can - on We must have that put in Latin - We do what we can - on
Edward Albee quotes: There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use. There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.

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