Eugene O'Neil created an American theater, and Tennessee Williams taught it how to sing. — John Guare Copy Share Image
Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families. Tennessee Williams quotes — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“Tennessee Williams choked to death on the plastic cap of a nasal spray.” — David Markson Copy Share Image
Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
When I'm older, I'd like to play one of Tennessee Williams's women and an older Adelaide in 'Guys and Dolls.' — Suranne Jones Copy Share Image
'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a great play. I had to read it for school when I was younger, but… — Jake T. Austin Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those people who's against all-black productions of Tennessee Williams plays, but there are lot more complex and natural… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
The tricky or boastful gods of ancient myths and primitive folk tales are characters of the same kind that turn up in… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Savannah is a . . . lovely pastel dream of tight cobbled streets. . . . There are legendary scenes . . . to rival any dreamed up by Tennessee Williams. — Rosemary Daniell Copy Share Image
Tennessee Williams recognized that great theater begins with great talkers, and that great talkers obey two rules: they never sound like anyone… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Look at Picasso. O’Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Isherwood received bags of fan mail, far more than Tennessee Williams had for Memoirs . There was the sexual and jokey (a… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
Watching the news inspires me to keep going and reminds me why I should never complain. I'm inspired by those who don't… — Robert Piper Copy Share Image
“I only met her once. She was introduced to me by, of all people, Gertrude Lawrence . . . Stanwyck was gracious… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
“I’d never blame anyone else who falls for the same brand of seduction. I embrace that we’re all similarly flawed. That makes… — Dan Skinner Copy Share Image
New Orleans could wreck your liver and poison your blood. It could destroy you financially. It could shun you or embrace you,… — Julie Smith Copy Share Image
I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and… — Eli Wallach Copy Share Image
The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I trained as a classical actor in London for three years. We did Tennessee Williams and dialect and accent classes; they were… — Sam Palladio Copy Share Image
“For (strange as it may sound to many people, who tend to think of critics as being motivated by the lower emotions:… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were… — Lydia Wilson Copy Share Image
I was up at Big Sur with Christopher Reeve and Christine Lahti, doing this woman in a big fat-suit - Mrs. Bassett… — Beth Grant Copy Share Image
Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When I went to Yale, I thought it would be like in Stenford 24 hours a day. Robert Brustein, former dean of… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
“Tennessee Williams once wrote, 'We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“It’s cruelty that gets to me. Still, it’s important to read about cruelty. “Why is it important?” Because when you read about… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“You don't notice the dead leaving when they really choose to leave you. You're not meant to. At most you feel them… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“I have always lusted after a sepia-toned library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a sliding ladder. I fantasie about Tennessee Williams' types of… — Amy Mowafi Copy Share Image
I learned my job from English dramatists. Tennessee Williams was no good for me, New York stuff was no good to me. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Being a theater actor, I've done a lot of plays where I've seen someone else play the same role in another production.… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
I am very indebted to southern writers and not just Flannery O'Connor. Also Harry Crews, Larry Brown, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life,… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would've pleased me more than if… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
American naturalism is what my indulgent actor side loves: a bit of Tennessee Williams, a bit of Clifford Odets, August Wilson -… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
You hear people say, 'We take our Tennessee Williams very seriously. There is no laughter here.' It's full of humor! Not to… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
My own journey as a writer has been the discovery of different theatrical voices. Chekhov was a revelation. Tennessee Williams was another… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
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