Lillian Hellman Quotes

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

I don't pretend to be perfect.

We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

I don't want to live in a fantasy world.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I don’t bluff, but I do act with realism.

I'm not perfect. I'm not polished.

I try to be as realistic as possible.

I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

I'm simply trying to tell the truth about human behaviour as I see it.

Stanley didn't shy away from true humanity or from the ugliness that all people are capable of.

Imperfection is relatable.

I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

I think a lot of times when people play superheroes, they stick with this, 'I am a superhero,' but the truth is that we're all human, and that human quality is really important to bring.

I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.

I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.

In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be.

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

I like to think I'm some savage realist.