Tennessee Williams was a renowned American playwright and author who is considered one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi in 1911 and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. Williams wrote a number of successful plays, including “The Glass Menagerie,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” all of which were later adapted into films. His works are known for their complex characters, vivid imagery, and themes of desire, loss, and the search for identity. Williams was also known for his tumultuous personal life and struggled with addiction and mental health issues. He died in 1983 at the age of 71.
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Tennessee Williams Quotes
- Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
- The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
- Luck is believing you’re lucky.
- Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
- A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
- Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
- We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
- Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
- You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
- All good art is an indiscretion.
- Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
- 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.
- A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
- Success and failure are equally disastrous.
