Quote #18
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
More from Lillian Hellman
- Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling class…
- It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.
- If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from the beginning. …
- It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
- I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.
- It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
- Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
- My father was often angry when I was most like him.