I’ve redone plays of mine and made changes. A play is a living thing, and I’d never say I wouldn’t rewrite years later. Tennessee Williams did that all the time, and it’s distressing, because I’d like the play to be out there in its finished form. Horton Foote Read Quote
I’ve lived long enough to know things go in and out of fashion, and things not well received now can be totally reversed years later. Horton Foote Read Quote
I’m a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people’s minds. Horton Foote Read Quote
I don’t think I’ll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I’d write plays even if they were never done again. You’re at the mercy of whatever talent you have. Horton Foote Read Quote
I so earnestly believe that prayer can be helpful and guide you and protect you and inspire you. I mean, I’m in awe. Horton Foote Read Quote
I have enormous respect for the human being because they’re asked to take on a lot. And I don’t think there’s any easy solution. But I think the journey is what you have to finally be satisfied with, but not be afraid of the lessons one has to learn… it ends up as grace. And you grow; you find a way to continue. Horton Foote Read Quote
My first memory was of stories about the past – a past that, according to the storytellers, was superior in every way to the life then being lived. It didn’t take me long, however, to understand that the present was all we had, for the past was gone, and nothing could be done about it. Horton Foote Read Quote
In New York, there are a lot of plays to see, and I try to see as many as I can. Horton Foote Read Quote
A writer has an inescapable voice. I think it’s inherent in the nature, and I think that we don’t control it anymore than we control what we want to write about. Horton Foote Read Quote
