Lillian Hellman's Quotes
Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
Lillian HellmanI like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.
Lillian HellmanIt is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
Lillian HellmanFailure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
Lillian HellmanGod forgives those who invent what they need.
Lillian HellmanIt is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
Lillian HellmanTruth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
Lillian HellmanPeople change and forget to tell each other.
Lillian HellmanCynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
Lillian HellmanMy father was often angry when I was most like him.
Lillian HellmanThings start out as hopes and end up as habits.
Lillian HellmanUnjust. 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