Quotes by Tennessee Williams

148 quotes found

Playwright · American · 1911–1983

American playwright (1911–1983)

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Common Themes

“Don't look forward to the day when you stop suffering. Because when it comes you'll know you're dead.”

adversity

“Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.”

life

“In memory everything seems to happen to music.”

memory

“I can't stand a naked light bulb any more than I can stand a rude remark or a vulgar action.”

politeness manners

“We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins for life.”

solitude

“I don't ask for your pity but just your understanding - no not even that -no. Just for your recognition of me in you and the enemy time in us all.”

time

“When I stop [working] the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm working.”

work

“Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.”

Planning Shy You