“I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents. This is so simple I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm sure it's true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that's why I don't understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.”

“All of us are seeking a home, and I don't mean where we were born, or where we now live and have things, but where we can do the big things, the right things. Where we belong, where we fit, where we're loved."--Tennessee Williams, "Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog”

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

“It would be one of those evenings when lady luck showed the bitchy streak in her nature”

“Memory, of course, is unreliable, often evil, but it is the source of our identity."--Tennessee Williams”

“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.”

“People go to the movies instead of moving.”

“Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable.--Blanche Dubois”

“...love, all at once and much, much too completely. It's like you suddenly turn a blinding light on something that had always been half a shadow...”

“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.”

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