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title: "13 Want Quotes By Tennessee Williams"
description: "13 Want quotes by Tennessee Williams. Plus more from Tennessee Williams and more Want sayings from other authors."
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> [I don't want realism. I want magic!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-don-t-want-realism-i-want-magic/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-ve-got-the-guts-to-die-what-i-want-to-know-is-have-you-got-the-guts/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [Men don't want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/men-don-t-want-anything-they-get-too-easy-but-on-the-other-hand-men/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young an' believing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/a-drinking-man-s-someone-who-wants-to-forget-he-isn-t-still-young-an/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much glory. They don't want glory like that in nobody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/nobody-knew-my-rose-of-the-world-but-me-i-had-too-much-glory-they-don/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [You take it for granted that I am in something that I want to get out of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/you-take-it-for-granted-that-i-am-in-something-that-i-want-to-get-out/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we're doing, if we're selling it, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/we-lose-the-magic-whenever-we-stop-telling-our-story-and-begin-to/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/these-are-the-intensities-that-one-cannot-live-with-that-he-has-to/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [I don't want realism. I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-don-t-want-realism-i-ll-tell-you-what-i-want-magic-yes-yes-magic-i/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-don-t-want-realism-i-want-magic-yes-yes-magic-i-try-to-give-that-to/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-m-tired-and-it-s-taking-an-increasing-amount-out-of-me-more-than-i/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/it-s-hard-enough-for-me-to-write-what-i-want-to-write-without-me/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [All my life I have been haunted by the obsession that to desire a thing or to love a thing intensely is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/all-my-life-i-have-been-haunted-by-the-obsession-that-to-desire-a/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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## Other authors on Want

## More by Tennessee Williams

> [“Nothing human disgusts me unless its unkind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/nothing-human-disgusts-me-unless-its-unkind/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can help grieving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/these-are-the-intensities-that-one-cannot-live-with-that-he-has-to/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/well-you-better-look-out-they-got-a-new-bureau-in-the-guvamint-files/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/people-go-to-the-movies-instead-of-moving-hollywood-characters-are/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/they-chatter-together-like-birds-on-cypress-hill-but-all-they-say-is/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [You take it for granted that I am in something that I want to get out of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/you-take-it-for-granted-that-i-am-in-something-that-i-want-to-get-out/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [Guessing isn't knowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/guessing-isn-t-knowing/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-respect-a-person-that-has-had-to-fight-and-howl-for-his-decency/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/life-is-all-memory-except-for-the-one-present-moment-that-goes-by-you/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/most-of-the-confidence-which-i-appear-to-feel-especially-when/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-cannot-write-any-sort-of-story-unless-there-is-at-least-one/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-know-so-well-what-becomes-of-unmarried-women-who-aren-t-prepared-to/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“The Jefferson is such a dignified hotel / There is no such thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/the-jefferson-is-such-a-dignified-hotel-there-is-no-such-thing/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/a-drinking-man-s-someone-who-wants-to-forget-he-isn-t-still-young-and/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“As for me, no one will ever love me. But you could get used to me, couldn't you, Jimmy?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/as-for-me-no-one-will-ever-love-me-but-you-could-get-used-to-me/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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