Lillian Hellman
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellmanwas an American dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism. She famously was blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activitiesat the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–52. Although she continued to work on Broadway in the 1950s, her blacklisting by the American film industry caused a precipitous decline in her income during which time she had to work outside her chosen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth20 June 1905
CountryUnited States of America
Lillian Hellman quotes about
They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashion.
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.
I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now.
I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.
Was it always my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times, until any success became an accident and failure seemed the only truth?
I'm good at embroidery. It's what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.
My father was often angry when I was most like him.
You lose your manners when you're poor.
You can't recover from what you do not understand.
Success and failure are not true op-posites and they're not even in the same class; they're not even a couch and a chair.
God forgives those who invent what they need.
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.