It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. — Lillian Florence Hellman
Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. — Lillian Florence Hellman
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it. — Lillian Florence Hellman
There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the bible with the locusts. — Lillian Florence Hellman
Nothing you write, if you hope to be any good, will ever come out as you first hoped. — Lillian Florence Hellman
They’re fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice — Lillian Florence Hellman
For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. — Lillian Florence Hellman
Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? — Lillian Florence Hellman
Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it’s a stinking way to create. — Lillian Florence Hellman
No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It’s like arguing about earthquakes. — Lillian Florence Hellman
It’s a sad day when you find out that it’s not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you. — Lillian Florence Hellman
Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge’s chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. — Lillian Florence Hellman
What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. — Lillian Florence Hellman
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute. — Lillian Florence Hellman
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. — Lillian Florence Hellman
