533 Quotes by Tennessee Williams

All good art is an indiscretion.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn't so funny.

Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.

The name of a person you love is more than language.

I don't believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.

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

Security is a kind of death.

Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare.