Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
—Edward Albee
Topics: Consequences
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.
—Edward Albee
Topics: Reality, Accomplishment, Writing
The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.
—Edward Albee
Topics: Creativity
You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are.
—Edward Albee
The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not
—Edward Albee
Topics: Criticism
I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.
—Edward Albee
Topics: Humor
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