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Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

American Dramatist

Born: Mar 26, 1911

Died: Feb 25, 1983

God Life People Success Work You

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Luck is believing you're lucky. Tennessee Williams

You Luck Lucky Believing

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. Tennessee Williams

Fire Down Live Trapped Way Locked Out Window Look House Call Department Just Upstairs Burns While Us

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. Tennessee Williams

People Frankness Cruel Themselves Describe

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really. Tennessee Williams

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. Tennessee Williams

Kindness Strangers Always Depended

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. Tennessee Williams

Life Made Make Partly Friends Choose

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. Tennessee Williams

Life Grace Earned Station High Survived Experiences Which Appalling

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. Tennessee Williams

Alone Selfish Lonely Would Would-Be Seem Many

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams

Time Go Departure Place Certain Even Relatable Sad Relatable

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory. Tennessee Williams

Life Write Because Did Found Why

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. Tennessee Williams

Nature Broken Mountains Rocks Violets

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed. Tennessee Williams

Myself People Regret Will Think Disturbed Having Longer Most Concerned Because Deal Am Them Us Less

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question. Tennessee Williams

Life Dignity Believe Unanswered Importance Still Question

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. Tennessee Williams

Success Work Me Failure Negative Before Back Typewriter Out More Pushed Had Always Am Been Reviews Very Than Get Sends Apparent Play Compelled Night

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. Tennessee Williams

Work God Humanity Progress Guinea Guinea Pigs Pigs Laboratory Just Us

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life. Tennessee Williams

Life Enthusiasm Important Most Most Important Thing Important Thing The Most Important Thing

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it. Tennessee Williams

Man Writing Wrote Cannot Separated Who Honest

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. Tennessee Williams

Confidence Wine Pretense Only Feel Most Noon Influenced Which Appear

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing. Tennessee Williams

Day Writing Rest Alive Only Stop Really Working

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with. Tennessee Williams

Nature Better Hell Some Stuff Lot Than Vacuum

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