Edward Albee

Quotes

• “One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.”

• “Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.”

• “A play is fiction — and fiction is fact distilled into truth.”

• “American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.”

• “If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.”

Books by Edward Albee in order

Books by Edward Albee in the order they were published, from The Zoo Story (1959) to Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I (2011).

1. 1The Zoo StoryThe Zoo Story1959
2. 2Two Plays by Edward AlbeeTwo Plays by Edward Albee1959
3. 3Two Plays: The American Dream & The Zoo StoryTwo Plays: The American Dream & The Zoo Story1959
4. 4SandboxSandbox1960
5. 5The American DreamThe American Dream1961
6. 6The Sandbox and the Death of Bessie SmithThe Sandbox and the Death of Bessie Smith1961
7. 7Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1962
8. 8The Ballad of the Sad CafeThe Ballad of the Sad Cafe1963
9. 9Tiny AliceTiny Alice1965
10. 10A Delicate BalanceA Delicate Balance1966
11. 11MalcolmMalcolm1966
12. 12Everything in the GardenEverything in the Garden1968
13. 13All OverAll Over1970
14. 14SeascapeSeascape1975
15. 15LolitaLolita1984
16. 16Selected Plays of Edward AlbeeSelected Plays of Edward Albee1987
17. 17Three Tall WomenThree Tall Women1995
18. 18Edward Albee's The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia?Edward Albee's The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia?2003
19. 19The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia?The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia?2003
20. 20The Play About the BabyThe Play About the Baby2003
21. 21The Collected Plays of Edward AlbeeThe Collected Plays of Edward Albee2004
22. 22Stretching My MindStretching My Mind2005
23. 23Edward Albee's Me, Myself & IEdward Albee's Me, Myself & I2011