If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don’t regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed. – Tennessee Williams
We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. – Tennessee Williams
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. – Tennessee Williams
I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really. – Tennessee Williams
I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action. – Tennessee Williams
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching. – Tennessee Williams
The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you? – Tennessee Williams
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. – Tennessee Williams
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains. – Tennessee Williams
Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead. – Tennessee Williams
All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. – Tennessee Williams
We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. – Tennessee Williams
Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question. – Tennessee Williams
Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person. – Tennessee Williams
Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. – Tennessee Williams
Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. – Tennessee Williams