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title: "16 Way Quotes By Tennessee Williams"
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> [Things have a way of turning out so badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/things-have-a-way-of-turning-out-so-badly/)

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

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> [The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn't so funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/the-world-is-a-funny-paper-read-backwards-and-that-way-it-isn-t-so/)

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

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> [Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let's face it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/marriage-is-an-economic-arrangement-in-many-ways-let-s-face-it/)

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

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> [Liquor is one way out an’ death’s the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/liquor-is-one-way-out-an-death-s-the-other/)

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

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> [If people behaved in the same way nations do they would all be put in straitjackets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/if-people-behaved-in-the-same-way-nations-do-they-would-all-be-put-in/)

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

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> [I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-believe-the-way-to-write-a-good-play-is-to-convince-yourself-it-is/)

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

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> [Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/mendacity-is-a-system-that-we-live-in-declares-brick-liquor-is-one/)

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

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> [I think no more than a week after I started writing I ran into the first block. It's hard to describe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-think-no-more-than-a-week-after-i-started-writing-i-ran-into-the/)

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

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> [And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/and-it-was-about-then-about-that-time-that-i-began-to-find-life/)

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

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> [“I don't believe in villains or heroes--only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-don-t-believe-in-villains-or-heroes-only-right-or-wrong-ways-that/)

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

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> [When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/when-i-was-fourteen-my-father-decided-to-initiate-me-into-the-ways-of/)

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

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> [I can find almost anything funny, thank God, so you search for the black, lacy slip that encases the corpse. You know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-can-find-almost-anything-funny-thank-god-so-you-search-for-the/)

[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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> [What shouldn't you do if you're a young playwright? Don't bore the audience! I mean, even if you have to resort to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/what-shouldn-t-you-do-if-you-re-a-young-playwright-don-t-bore-the/)

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

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> [I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-don-t-believe-in-original-sin-i-don-t-believe-in-guilt-i-don-t/)

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

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> [It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/it-s-to-a-writer-s-advantage-to-contain-within-himself-elements-of/)

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

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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