Author: Lillian Hellman

Quotes

It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

- Lillian Hellman

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

- Lillian Hellman

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

- Lillian Hellman

God forgives those who invent what they need.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

- Lillian Hellman

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

- Lillian Hellman

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.

- Lillian Hellman

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

- Lillian Hellman

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

- Lillian Hellman

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

- Lillian Hellman

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