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Lillian Hellman
Lillian Hellman
American Dramatist
Born: Jun 20, 1905
Died: Jun 30, 1984
Like Man People Truth Writing You
Related authors: Clare Boothe Luce David Mamet George S. Kaufman Paddy Chayefsky Tennessee Williams Wilson Mizner Zora Neale Hurston
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashion. Lillian Hellman
Fashion Will Year Fit Cannot Cut Conscience
Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels. Lillian Hellman
Truth Time You Made Does Scoundrels Traitor Often
Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? Lillian Hellman
Injustice People Since Them Agree Defend
I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak. Lillian Hellman
Communication People Speak Like Until Ready Refuse Who
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. Lillian Hellman
People Mark Part Hour Famous Famous People Cannot Many Brightest
God forgives those who invent what they need. Lillian Hellman
God Forgiveness Invent Those Forgives Who Need
We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them. Lillian Hellman
People Remember Mistakes Past Think Our Considered About Neurotic Heads America Dwell Want Psychotic Unhealthy Them Much Who Keep
Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. Lillian Hellman
Judge Baby Carriage Point Point Of View Outside Nobody View Believes Chamber
Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight. Lillian Hellman
Success Man Everything Makes Straight Stand
Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice. Lillian Hellman
Myself Justice Courage Word Hell Unjust Final Say Over How How Many Times Scolded Times Refuse Against Mean Used Many Now Violations
What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. Lillian Hellman
Truth Word Books Slippery Tell Tricky Tried Unreliable
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Lillian Hellman
Writing Advice Young Say Would About Give Writers Had Talking Listen Young Writers Themselves
Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped. Lillian Hellman
Hope Good You Will First Nothing Out Hoped Write Come Ever
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute. Lillian Hellman
Good Strength People Pretending Lose See Minute Been Who Even Lives
They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Lillian Hellman
Writing Advice Young Say Would About Give Writers Had Talkers Talking Listen Fancy Young Writers Themselves
You lose your manners when you are poor. Lillian Hellman
You Lose Manners Poor Your

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