264 Quotes by Edward Albee

I created myself, and I’ll attack anybody I feel like.

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.

I think that’s foolishness on the part of the playwright to write about himself. People don’t know anything about themselves.

Anything you put in a play – any speech – has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the action of the play along.

Knowing it – knowing it’s true is one thing, but believing what you know... well, there’s the tough part.

I don’t like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.

Writing should be useful. If it can’t instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness there’s no point in doing it.

When you write a play, you make a set of assumptions – that you have something to say, that you know how to say it, that its worth saying, and that maybe someone will come along for the ride.

The greatest problem with Irish Wolfhounds, though, is that they don’t live very long: their great hearts give out. A good deal of this is genetic, of course, but I think it is in part that they worry so for us, care so much.