All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
Tennessee Williams
All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.
Tennessee Williams
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.
Tennessee Williams
The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you?
Tennessee Williams
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
Tennessee Williams
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.
Tennessee Williams
“I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is – but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems.”
Edward GoreyA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo EmersonColleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson