The only thing good about it is you're not dead. - Lillian Hellman
Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. - Lillian Hellman
The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, it punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be. - Lillian Hellman
I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak. - Lillian Hellman
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. - Lillian Hellman
It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you. - Lillian Hellman
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. - Lillian Hellman
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of telling the truth. - Lillian Hellman
Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty. - Lillian Hellman
It it not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute. - Lillian Hellman
Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did. - Lillian Hellman
My father was often angry when I was most like him. - Lillian Hellman