William Inge
Dramas of American playwright William Motter Inge explored the expectations and fears of small-town Midwesterners; his play
Picnic
(1953) won a Pulitzer Prize.
Works of this novelist typically feature solitary protagonists, encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s, Broadway produced a memorable string. Inge rooted his portraits of life and settings in the heartland.
“I been talkin' with my buddy, and he thinks I'm virgin enough fer the two of us.”
William Inge
“Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are.”
William Inge
“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.”
William Inge