Lillian Hellman

Freedom is the right to be wrong.

What a man doesn't understand, he fears; and what he fears, he hates.

I am not much of a thinker, but I have learned one thing: that the truth is the only thing that matters.

The theater is a place where you can say things that you can't say anywhere else.

Old age is not a disease, but a fact of life.

I have never known a person who didn't want to be free.

Writing is a way of explaining the world to yourself.

The hardest thing about writing is writing what you mean.

Loyalty is a funny thing; it can make you do terrible things.

I believe in the power of stories to change the world.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.

The past is a ghost, what we do in the present is reality.

I don't like people who are always right.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Every word a writer writes is a confession.

Happiness is a risk; it can be taken away.

I have learned that courage means to do what you want, not what you're supposed to do.

The only sin is mediocrity.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have.

In the end, we all die alone, but we live together.