Edward Franklin Albee III quotes and words of wisdom

"One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"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."
Found in the topic Writing.

"I"m not suggesting that the play is without fault; all my plays are imperfect, I"m rather happy to say ? it leaves me something to do."
Found in the topic Imperfection.

"Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly."
Found in the topic Distance.

Interesting Quotes

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.Walter Bagehot - English economist & journalist (1826 - 1877)

Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature.Phillip Lubin