Lillian Hellman quotes

" People change and forget to tell eachother. " # Change

" Lonely people talking to each other can make each other lonelier. " # Loneliness

" Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did. " # Time and Time Management

" Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. " # History and Historians # Babies # Judgment and Judges

" Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? " # Injustice

" If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. " # Writers and Writing # Advice # Listening

" I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak. " # Speakers and Speaking

" Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. " # Cynics and Cynicism # Politics # Truth

" I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. " # Conscience

" Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped. " # Writers and Writing