27 Quotes By Tennessee Williams


Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.
Tennessee Williams on success

Time is the longest distance between two places.
Tennessee Williams on time

For time is the longest distance between two places.
Tennessee Williams on time

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
Tennessee Williams on work

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 on work

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
Tennessee Williams on work

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
Tennessee Williams on work