Tennessee Williams On Quotations

I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?

Liquor is one way out an’ death’s the other.

I'm not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)

There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast. It's like nothing else. It's like a love affair, it goes on and on, and doesn't end in marriage. It's all courtship.

Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.

We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we're doing, if we're selling it, if the listener likes us. Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.