{"author":"Tennessee Williams","author_id":"Tennessee+Williams","total_quotes":129,"quotes":[{"text":"I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do--then go ahead and do it with ease. Don't maul, don't suffer, don't groan till the first draft is finished. A play is a pheonix and it dies a thousand deaths. Usually at night. In the morning it springs up again from its ashes and crows like a happy rooster. It is never as bad as you think, it is never as good. It is somewhere in between, and success or failure depends on which end of your emotional gamut concerning its value it approaches more closely. But it is much more likely to be good if you think it is wonderful while you are writing the first draft. An artist must believe in himself. Your belief is contagious. Others may say he is vain, but they are affected.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["writing"],"id":4233,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"Don't look forward to the day when you stop suffering. Because when it comes  you'll know you're dead.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["adversity"],"id":7152,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"Mendacity is a system that we live in,' declares Brick. 'Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["alcoholism","death","father"],"id":8298,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["humor","inspirational"],"id":8986,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"Of course, you were crowned with laurel in the beginning, your gold hair was wreathed with laurel, but the gold is thinning and the laurel has withered. Face it – pitiful monster.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["age","aging","hair","laurel","laurels","life","youth"],"id":20472,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["life","writing"],"id":28114,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["ego"],"id":40238,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"In human character, simplicity doesn't exist except among simpletons.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["simpletons","simplicity"],"id":53732,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"You can be young without money, but you can't be old without it.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["life","money"],"id":70128,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"},{"text":"There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.","author":"Tennessee Williams","tags":["self-awareness","suicide","vanity"],"id":70879,"author_id":"Tennessee+Williams"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":129,"pages":13,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}