Lillian Hellman Quotes


Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels. Lillian Hellman Made 108
Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? Lillian Hellman Agree 101
People change and forget to tell each other. Lillian Hellman change 98
Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped. Lillian Hellman Come 88
We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them. Lillian Hellman America 88
People change and forget to tell each other. Lillian Hellman Creative 78
For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. Lillian Hellman Guilt 75
I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak. Lillian Hellman People 73
Was it always in my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times, until any success becomes an accident and failure seemed the only truth? Lillian Hellman Success 72
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. Lillian Hellman Fame 71
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 Costs 66
My father was often angry when I was most like him. Lillian Hellman Angry 56
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. Lillian Hellman Cynicism 54
What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. Lillian Hellman Books 52
Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in nineteenth-century France and England, or twentieth-century Russia and America. Lillian Hellman Intelligence 45
Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight. Lillian Hellman Success 45
Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? Lillian Hellman Equality 42
Im too old to recover too narrow to forgive myself. Lillian Hellman Forgiveness 38
Writers are interesting people but often mean and petty. Lillian Hellman Writers 36
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute. Lillian Hellman Lives 35

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