Quote by Tennessee Williams
I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of

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 success. – Tennessee Williams

Other quotes by Tennessee Williams

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. – Tennessee Williams

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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really. – Tennessee Williams

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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it wont come out while youre watching. – Tennessee Williams

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Dont take too much comfort in the fact that youre successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. Theres no surety in life. – Michael Savage

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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie

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Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix. – John Mayer

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Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison

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