Quotes by : Lillian Hellman

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Decisions particularly important ones have always made me sleepy perhaps because I know that I will....

Was it always my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times until any success became an....

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

It is best to act with confidence no matter how little right you have to it.

They're fancy talkers about themselves writers. If I had to give young writers advice I would say don't....

Most people coming out of war feel lost and resentful. What had been a minute-to-minute confrontation....

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much,....