Author: Lillian Hellman

Quotes

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

- Lillian Hellman

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

- 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

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

- Lillian Hellman

God forgives those who invent what they need.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

- 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

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

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

- Lillian Hellman

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.

- Lillian Hellman

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

- Lillian Hellman

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