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American playwright (1928–2016)

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Edward Albee (March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright, known for works including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Zoo Story, The Sandbox and The American Dream.

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Birth Name: Edward Franklin Albee

Alternative Names: Edward Franklin Albee III

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Awww, 'tis the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads.

Creativity is magic, don't examine it too closely.

There's no limit to you, is there?

"That's what happens in plays, yes? The shit hits the fan." — Edward Albee

To all of you who have made my being alive so wonderful, so exciting and so full, my thanks and all my love.

I swear if you existed I'd divorce you.

It's sad to know you've gone through it all, or most of it, without… that the one body you'v wrapped your arms around, the only skin you've ever known, is your own… and that's it's dry, and not warm.

Good writers define reality
Bad ones merely restate it.

George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha: I am, George. I am.

...who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension...

We proceed in this society of ours on the possibly valid but untrue assumption that the public knows what it wants — indeed, that it is given sufficient information about what is available to make such a judgment. And then we jump, irresponsibly and absurdly, to the notion that there is a valid relationship between what the public wants and what it should want.

That's the happiest moment. When it's all done. When we stop. When we can stop.

Writers have this schizophrenic ability to both participate in their lives and, at the same time, observe themselves participating in their lives.

In my mind, Martha, you are buried in cement right up to your neck. No… right up to your nose… that’s much quieter.

If you spend a hundred bucks, or more, to go to the theatre, something should happen to you. Maybe somebody should be asking you some questions about your values, or about the way you think about things. Maybe you should come out of the theatre, something having happened to you. Maybe you should be changing, or thinking about changing. But if you just go there, and the only thing you worry about is where you left the damn car, then you wasted a hundred bucks.