“I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!”

—  Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

Source: A Streetcar Named Desire

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American playwright 1911–1983

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