Lillian Hellman
Quotes by Lillian Hellman
People change and forget to tell each other.
— 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.
— 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.
— Lillian Hellman
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
— Lillian Hellman
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
— Lillian Hellman
Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.
— Lillian Hellman
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
— Lillian Hellman
Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
— Lillian Hellman