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

Lillian Hellman · Hope

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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

Lillian Hellman

Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.

Courage

Lillian Hellman

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

Success

Lillian Hellman

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

Strength