Tennessee Williams Quote

I don't want realism.... I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic!... I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.


A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), sc. ix


I don't want realism.... I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic!... I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

I don't want realism.... I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic!... I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

I don't want realism.... I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic!... I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

I don't want realism.... I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic!... I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.