No, truth is something desperate, an' she's got it. Believe me, it's something desperate, an' she's got it. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
When I write I don't aim to shock people, and I'm surprised when I do. But I don't think that anything that… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Everyone says he's sincere, but everyone isn't sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he's sincere there wouldn't be half so many… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“I’ve never cared whether I shock people because I think people shocked by the truth are not deserving of the truth. The… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them.… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“In some ways I'm no better than the others, in some ways I'm worse because I'm less alive. Maybe it's being alive… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I don't want realism. I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Everyone should know nowadays the unimportance of the photographic in art: that truth, life, or reality is an organic thing which the… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can help grieving… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“Well, you better look out. They got a new bureau in the guvamint files. It’s called U.W. Stands for Useless Wimmen. Tha’s secret plans… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
You take it for granted that I am in something that I want to get out of. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I know so well what becomes of unmarried women who aren't prepared to occupy a position. I've seen such pitiful cases in the South… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
