These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can… — 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'm tired and it's taking an increasing amount out of me, more than I have to give physically. And that's why I… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we're doing, if we're selling it, if… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much glory. They don't want glory like that in nobody's… — 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
All my life I have been haunted by the obsession that to desire a thing or to love a thing intensely is… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young an' believing. — 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
Men don't want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live? — 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
