Tennessee Williams

"Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going."

"When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing."

"Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead."

"Success and failure are equally disastrous."

"All good art is an indiscretion."

"Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory."

"You can be young without money, but you can't be old without it."

"Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is."

"Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching."

"Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory."