3 Lillian Hellman Quotes on Belief

Lillian Hellman quotes on belief

12. Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

16. 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. But if you believe that man can solve his own problems and is at nobody's mercy, then you will probably write melodrama.

21. It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

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