Tennessee Williams quote: I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter ...

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a ...

~ Tennessee Williams ~

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Success and failure are equally disastrous.

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