I write to find out what I'm talking about.

Edward Albee

Tags: writing

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Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Edward Albee

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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running.

Edward Albee

Tags: theater drama culture samuel-beckett cities stage

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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

Tags: writers on-writing authors

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What could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it

Edward Albee

Tags: life-lessons

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First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.

Edward Albee

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The world is a zoo

Edward Albee

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You...you've been here quite a long time, haven't you?"
What? Oh...yes. Ever since I married What's-her-name. Uh, Martha. Even before that. Forever. Dashed hopes, and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. How do you like that for a declension, young man?

Edward Albee

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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.

Edward Albee

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It's one of those things a person has to do; sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.

Edward Albee

Tags: perspective 21

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