“Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.”Lillian Hellman The Autumn GardenThe Autumn Garden (1951)
“I am prepared to waive the privilege against self-incrimination and to tell you everything you wish to know about my views or actions if your committee will agree to refrain from asking me to name other people. If the committee is unwilling to give me this assurance, I will be forced to plead the privilege of the fifth amendment at the hearing.”Lillian Hellman Letter to HUAC (19 May 1952)