Tennessee Williams Quotes

American - Dramatist | March 26, 1911 - February 25, 1983

All good art is an indiscretion.

Tennessee Williams

GoodArtGood Art

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

Tennessee Williams

DayWritingRestStopAliveWorking

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

Tennessee Williams

ConfidenceWineFeelOnlyNoonMost

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.

Tennessee Williams

NatureHellBetterVacuumStuffLot

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

Tennessee Williams

MusicMemoryEverythingHappenSeems

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.

Tennessee Williams

WorkSuccessFailureI AmMeNight

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Tennessee Williams

LifeWhyWriteBecauseFoundDid

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

Tennessee Williams

LifeMomentDeathManyThem

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

Tennessee Williams

LifeGraceHighExperiencesEarned

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.

Tennessee Williams

GodMythologyWholeYourConcept

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