Top 25 Quotes by Edward Albee

About Edward Albee

These are some quotes by American author Edward Albee Dramatist, who was born on March 12, 1928.

The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.

The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.

Edward Albee

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Edward Albee

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

Edward Albee

What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.

What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.

Edward Albee

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

Edward Albee

Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.

Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.

Edward Albee

I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you.

I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you.

Edward Albee

The avant-garde theater is fun; it is free-swinging, bold, iconoclastic, and often wildly, wildly funny. If you will approach it with childlike innocence - putting your standard responses aside, for they do not apply - if you will approach it on its own terms, I think you will be in for a liberating surprise.

Edward Albee

Never marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.

Never marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.

Edward Albee

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.

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.

Edward Albee

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