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  • I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction there. When things go well in production, on opening there's no nicer feeling in the world-what could be nicer than watching an audience respond? You can't that from a book. It's a fine feeling to walk into the theater and see living people respond to something you've done.

    Lillian Hellman, Jackson R. Bryer (1986). “Conversations with Lillian Hellman”, p.125, Univ. Press of Mississippi