I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

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Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26 1911 – February 25 1983) was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories novels poetry essays screenplays and a volume of memoirs. His professional career lasted from the mid-1930s until his death in 1983 and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage.