"I've always had great satisfaction out of writing……" — Lillian Hellman
"I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction there. When things go well in production, on opening there's no nicer feeling in the world-what could be nicer than watching an audience respond? You can't that from a book. It's a fine feeling to walk into the theater and see living people respond to something you've done."
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65 Quotes by Lillian Hellman
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Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
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I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now.
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