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Edward Albee Quotes

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he’d be a drama critic Picture Quote #1

A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth Picture Quote #1

Art has an obligation to offend Picture Quote #1

My sense of reality and logic is different from most people’s Picture Quote #1

A writer is a controlled schizophrenic Picture Quote #1

I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are Picture Quote #1

American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties Picture Quote #1

Im not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I’m rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do Picture Quote #1

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand Picture Quote #1

If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive? Picture Quote #1

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I said I was impressed, Martha. I’m beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up? Picture Quote #1

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 written Picture Quote #1

There are a number of contemporary playwrights whom I admire enormously, but that’s not at all the same thing as being influenced Picture Quote #1

That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop Picture Quote #1

Arthur Miller once payed me a great compliment saying that my plays were ‘necessary.’ I will go one step further and say that Arthur’s plays are ‘essential’ Picture Quote #1

Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf means who’s afraid of the big bad wolf ... who’s afraid of living life without false illusions Picture Quote #1

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Being different is ... interesting; there’s nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme ... well, then, reality tends to fade away Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly Picture Quote #1

The final evaluation of a play has nothing to do with immediate audience or critical response Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To a certain extent I imagine a play is completely finished in my mind - in my case, at any rate - without my knowing it, before I sit down to write Picture Quote #1

A lot of people are confused by hello. A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by Picture Quote #1

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Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about Picture Quote #1

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth Picture Quote #1

All plays are social comment to one extent or another Picture Quote #1

It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater Picture Quote #1

Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end Picture Quote #1

Death is release, if you’ve lived all right Picture Quote #1

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If Attila the Hun were alive today, he’d be a drama critic (Edward Albee Quotes) A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth (Edward Albee Quotes) Art has an obligation to offend (Edward Albee Quotes) My sense of reality and logic is different from most people’s (Edward Albee Quotes) A writer is a controlled schizophrenic (Edward Albee Quotes) I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts. (Edward Albee Quotes) 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 (Edward Albee Quotes) You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are (Edward Albee Quotes) American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties (Edward Albee Quotes) Im not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I’m rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do (Edward Albee Quotes) One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand (Edward Albee Quotes) If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive? (Edward Albee Quotes) I said I was impressed, Martha. I’m beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up? (Edward Albee Quotes) 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 written (Edward Albee Quotes) There are a number of contemporary playwrights whom I admire enormously, but that’s not at all the same thing as being influenced. (Edward Albee Quotes) That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop. (Edward Albee Quotes) Arthur Miller once payed me a great compliment saying that my plays were ‘necessary.’ I will go one step further and say that Arthur’s plays are ‘essential’ (Edward Albee Quotes) Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf means who’s afraid of the big bad wolf ... who’s afraid of living life without false illusions. (Edward Albee Quotes) Being different is ... interesting; there’s nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme ... well, then, reality tends to fade away. (Edward Albee Quotes) Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly. (Edward Albee Quotes) The final evaluation of a play has nothing to do with immediate audience or critical response (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. (Edward Albee Quotes) To a certain extent I imagine a play is completely finished in my mind - in my case, at any rate - without my knowing it, before I sit down to write. (Edward Albee Quotes) A lot of people are confused by hello. A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by. (Edward Albee Quotes) Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about (Edward Albee Quotes) A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth (Edward Albee Quotes) All plays are social comment to one extent or another (Edward Albee Quotes) It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater (Edward Albee Quotes) Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end (Edward Albee Quotes) Death is release, if you’ve lived all right (Edward Albee Quotes)

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