264 Quotes by Edward Albee

You’re alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn’t lived it?

There’s no limit to you, is there?

Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that’s what I like about you most. Your anger.

That’s the happiest moment. When it’s all done. When we stop. When we can stop.

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.

Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody’s encouraged to want less, you’ll end up with less.

Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.

All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don’t want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist. That’s a waste of time.

People can’t have everything they want. You should know that; it’s a rule; people can have some of the things they want, but they can’t have everything.