All Edward Albee Quotes
- Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality. Author
- Im not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, Im rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do. All
- I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time. All
- I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you. Divorce
- Progress is a set of assumptions. Assumption
- People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.' All
- When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is… Arbiter
- Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process--it is, after all, black magic. All
- There is chaos behind the civility, of course. Behind
- Why we are here is an impenetrable question. Funny
- When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don't put down a word until the play seems ready to be… Consciousness
- Every monster was a man first. Every Monster
- I'm back in fashion again for a while now. But I imagine that three or four years from now I'll be out again. And in… Another Fifteen
- The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they… Art
- Art is nowhere near as dangerous as it should be. Art
- I’m infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life. Character
- I don't like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal. Cymbal
- I write to find out what I'm talking about. Find
- I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running. Beckett
- First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him. Dog
- You...you've been here quite a long time, haven't you?" What? Oh...yes. Ever since I married What's-her-name. Uh, Martha. Even before that. Forever. Dashed hopes, and… Been
- Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. Best
- I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up? Beside
- And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must ..... eventually… Accommodate
- What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have. Educated