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American playwright, known for his unique dramatic style and profound exploration of modern family relationships. Edward Albee's works often involve complex interpersonal relationships and moral dilemmas, and his plays hold a significant place in 20th-century American theater.

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Famous Edward Albee Quotes

“Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end.”

Ends Careers Funny Things

Book:Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee

Source: Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee

“Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody's encouraged to want less, you'll end up with less.”

Ifs Want Giving Ends Audience Theater Critics

Author:Edward Albee

“I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because in the theater one is self-conscious enough without planning ahead or wondering about the thematic relation from one play to the next. One hopes that one is developing, and writing interestingly, and that's where it should end, I think.”

Source: Conversations with Edward Albee

“When people don't like the way a play ends, they're likely to blame the play.”

People Way Ends Play Blame

Book:Conversations with Edward Albee

Source: Conversations with Edward Albee

“A play is a parenthesis that contains all the material you think has to be contained for the action of the play. Where do you end that? Where the characters seem to come to a pause... where they seem to want to stop - rather like, I would think, the construction of a piece of music.”

Thinking Want Ends Play Character Seems Action Pieces Materials Construction Pauses Parentheses

Book:Conversations with Edward Albee

Source: Conversations with Edward Albee

“I suspect that the theme, the nature of the characters, and the method of getting from the beginning of the play to the end is already established in the unconscious.”

Ends Play Character Method Theme Unconscious Suspects

Book:Conversations with Edward Albee

Source: Conversations with Edward Albee

“You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?”

Knows Ends Realizing Alive

Author:Edward Albee

“Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.”

Want Ends Remember Time Politics Democracy One Thing Deserve

Author:Edward Albee

“I think we should all live on the precipe of life, as fully and as dangerously as possible. Everyone should make the assumption that they're going through life only once. Tomorrow we die. Why not take chances, extend yourself? How awful it is when a person comes to the end of life full of regret.”

Thinking Should Persons Ends Dies Chance Regret Tomorrow Awful Assumption Why Not Take A Chance End Of Life

Author:Edward Albee

About the Author

Born: March 12, 1928
Died: September 16, 2016
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 190

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Conversations with Edward AlbeeRelated source material

Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward AlbeeRelated source material

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A PlayRelated source material

The Collected Plays of Edward AlbeeRelated source material

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At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and the Zoo StoryRelated source material

Seascape: The Entire Appalling BusinessRelated source material

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