Tennessee Williams Quotes about Theatre

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It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don't want to write.

It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don't want to write.

Tennessee Williams

Writing, Theatre, Trying

Tennessee Williams, John S. Bak (2009). “New Selected Essays: Where I Live”, p.84, New Directions Publishing

I can't expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself.

Tennessee Williams

Writing, Theatre, Weakness

Tennessee Williams (1978). “Where I Live: Selected Essays”, p.109, New Directions Publishing

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

Tennessee Williams

Character, Play, Theatre

Tennessee Williams, John S. Bak (2009). “New Selected Essays: Where I Live”, p.77, New Directions Publishing