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Writing Quotes by Edward Albee
- Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish…
- Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.
- The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.
- Writing should be useful. If it can't instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness there's no point in doing it.
- People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'
- 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…
- 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…
- I write to find out what I'm talking about.
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