If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from the beginning. But if you believe that man can solve his own problems and is at nobody's mercy, then you will probably write melodrama.
タグ: problems, believe, you, man

"Lillian Hellman"の他の名言

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.
タグ: truth, respect, reality, self-control
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
タグ: talking, say, writing, advice
Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
タグ: more, feel, you, failure
What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.
タグ: tried, books, tell, truth
Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
タグ: made, traitor, time, you, truth
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