--- title: "8 Plays Quotes By Edward Albee" description: "8 Plays quotes by Edward Albee. Plus more from Edward Albee and more Plays sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/edward-albee-1684_fault_i-m-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-with_379904.png" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-m-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-without-fault-all-of-my-plays-are/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/edward-albee-1684_fault_i-m-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-with_379904.png) > [“That's what happens in plays, yes? The shit hits the fan." --Edward Albee”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/that-s-what-happens-in-plays-yes-the-shit-hits-the-fan-edward-albee/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/edward-albee-1684_actor_that-s-what-happens-in-plays-yes-the-shi_894955.png) > [All plays are social comment to one extent or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/all-plays-are-social-comment-to-one-extent-or-another/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/edward-albee-1684_comment_all-plays-are-social-comment-to-one-exte_994184.png) > [Im not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, Im rather happy to say-it leaves me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/im-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-without-fault-all-of-my-plays-are/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/edward-albee-1684_faults_im-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-witho_1603193.png) > [As a fairly objective judgment, I do think that my plays as they come out are better than most other things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/as-a-fairly-objective-judgment-i-do-think-that-my-plays-as-they-come/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/edward-albee-1684_judgment_as-a-fairly-objective-judgment-i-do-thin_2609522.png) > [I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-don-t-pay-much-attention-to-how-the-plays-relate-thematically-to/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/edward-albee-1684_actor_i-don-t-pay-much-attention-to-how-the-pl_2989743.jpg) > [Curiously enough, the only two plays that I've done very much revision on were the two adaptations - even though the shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/curiously-enough-the-only-two-plays-that-i-ve-done-very-much-revision/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/edward-albee-1684_actors_curiously-enough-the-only-two-plays-that_3107215.jpg) > [I've seen an awful lot of plays that I'd read before they were put into production and been shocked by what's happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-ve-seen-an-awful-lot-of-plays-that-i-d-read-before-they-were-put/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/edward-albee-1684_actor_i-ve-seen-an-awful-lot-of-plays-that-i-d_3165104.png) ## Other authors on Plays - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-stoppard-91582.jpg) Tom Stoppard 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/tom-stoppard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wallace-shawn-94264.jpg) Wallace Shawn 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/wallace-shawn/) - [Stephen Karam 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/stephen-karam/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-gambon-67108.jpg) Michael Gambon 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/michael-gambon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-annette-curtis-klause-13888.jpg) John Patrick Shanley 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/john-patrick-shanley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-israel-horovitz-44874.jpg) Israel Horovitz 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/israel-horovitz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-shepard-82563.jpg) Sam Shepard 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/sam-shepard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-greenberg-78594.jpg) Richard Greenberg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/richard-greenberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mike-nichols-68081.jpg) Mike Nichols 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/mike-nichols/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-august-wilson-15645.jpg) August Wilson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/august-wilson/) ## More by Edward Albee > [School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/school-curricula-that-ignore-the-arts-produce-highly-educated/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/when-a-critic-sets-himself-up-as-an-arbiter-of-morality-a-judge-of/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [When people don't like the way a play ends, they're likely to blame the play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/when-people-don-t-like-the-way-a-play-ends-they-re-likely-to-blame/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/in-a-democracy-you-cannot-stop-public-access-to-that-art-that-will/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/creativity-is-magic-don-t-examine-it-too-closely/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [When people can't abide things as they are, when they can't abide the present, they do one of two things ... either they ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/when-people-can-t-abide-things-as-they-are-when-they-can-t-abide-the/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [“Lady, you can’t fuck a metaphor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/lady-you-can-t-fuck-a-metaphor/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [I write to find out what I'm talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-write-to-find-out-what-i-m-talking-about/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [I know playwrights who like to kid themselves into saying that their characters are so well formed that they just take over. They determine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-know-playwrights-who-like-to-kid-themselves-into-saying-that-their/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [The greatest problem with Irish Wolfhounds, though, is that they don't live very long: their great hearts give out. A good deal of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-greatest-problem-with-irish-wolfhounds-though-is-that-they-don-t/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/dashed-hopes-and-good-intentions-good-better-best-bested/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Writing has got to be an act of discovery…I write to find out what I'm thinking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/writing-has-got-to-be-an-act-of-discovery-i-write-to-find-out-what-i/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [I'm back in fashion again for a while now. But I imagine that three or four years from now I'll be out again. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-m-back-in-fashion-again-for-a-while-now-but-i-imagine-that-three-or/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/what-people-really-want-in-the-theater-is-fantasy-involvement-and-not/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Art should never try to be popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/art-should-never-try-to-be-popular/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays/edward-albee/#itemlist", "name": "8 Plays Quotes By Edward Albee", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Albee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-m-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-without-fault-all-of-my-plays-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/edward-albee-1684_fault_i-m-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-with_379904.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/edward-albee-1684_fault_i-m-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-with_379904.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/edward-albee-1684_fault_i-m-not-suggesting-that-the-play-is-with_379904.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it…” — Edward Albee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That's what happens in plays, yes? 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