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
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. – Lillian Hellman
Unjust. How many times Ive used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I dont have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice. – Lillian Hellman
Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped. – Lillian Hellman