Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman (1906-1984) was a US playwright and memoirist. Her first play The Children's Hour earned her success. The play was controversial because it dealt homosexuality. She was question by US House Committee on alleged Un-American activities. He other famous works are Pentimento, and Scoundrel Time.

Wisdom & Quotes

• I cannot and will not cut my conscience to suit this year's fashions.

- letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, May 19, 1952

• It is the mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

- Pentimento

• Fear comes with middle age.

• Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organised action, even union with other people,is not possible for them.

- The Listener

• Success and failure are not true opposites and they're not even in the same class; they're not even a couch and a chair.

- The Listener

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