“ Hammett used to be irritated by that and would answer that nobody ever deliberately wrote a potboiler, you just did the best you could and woke up to find it good or no good. Lillian Hellman
“ Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. Lillian Hellman
“ I was so often silent angry with Hammett for making the situation hard on me, not knowing then that the dying do not, should not, be asked to think about anything but their own minute of running time. Lillian Hellman
“ What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. 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 not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute. Lillian Hellman
“ It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. Lillian Hellman
“ Decisions particularly important ones have always made me sleepy perhaps because I know that I will have to make them by instinct and thinking things out is only what other people tell me I should… Lillian Hellman
“ Most people coming out of war feel lost and resentful. What had been a minute-to-minute confrontation with yourself your struggle with what courage you have against discomfort at the least and deat… Lillian Hellman
