Lillian Hellman Quotes

7 quotes from 7 authors

You’ll hear Lillian Hellman's sharp wit as she confronts anger, paints a family’s greed, and recalls wartime courage. From a tense dialogue in Julia to a line about locust‑like profiteers, the snippets capture her spirit. Fans of playwrights, women in theater, or 20th‑century American literature may enjoy related pages.

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“Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’." (on Lillian Hellman)”

Mary McCarthy

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If someone had told me, don't say anything about Lillian Hellman because she'll sue you, it wouldn't have stopped me. It might…

Lillian Hellman

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I grew up watching a lot of old movies, so getting to ask about making movies in the '70s and people he…

Alden Ehrenreich

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“Lillian Hellman wrote a play called The Little Foxes. In it a young girl tells her mother that some people eat the…

Sylvain Reynard

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“Are you still as angry as you used to be?' Julia, the World War II resistance fighter, asked Lillian Hellman in the…

Susan Faludi

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I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look…

Alec Baldwin

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I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn't perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor.

Rosemary Mahoney

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