“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.”
Nature
“Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.”
DeathAll Quotes by Tennessee Williams
“Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.”
Death“In memory everything seems to happen to music.”
Music“Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.”
Life“All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.”
God“The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.”
Future“To be free is to have achieved your life.”
Life“Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.”
Success“You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.”
Money“All good art is an indiscretion.”
Art“Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.”
Success“We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.”
Work“Time is the longest distance between two places.”
Time“A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.”
Nature“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.”
Failure“Success and failure are equally disastrous.”
Failure“Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.”
Death“We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.”
Alone“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.”
Life“Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.”
Death