Tennessee Williams Quotes about Magic

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I don't want realism. I want magic!

Tennessee Williams

Magic, Desire, Want

A Streetcar Named Desire sc. 9 (1947)

Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.

Tennessee Williams

Magic, Fleeting, Eternity

Tennessee Williams (1978). “Where I Live: Selected Essays”, p.52, New Directions Publishing

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.

Tennessee Williams

Magic, Want, Might

I don't want realism. I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!

Tennessee Williams

People, Giving, Magic

"A Streetcar Named Desire".

Tennessee Williams Quotes about Magic

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