Happiness

Posted on May 8, 2004 by sheila

Reporter, to Tennessee Williams: So, Tennessee, how would you define happiness?

Tennessee Williams thought for a moment, and then answered: Insensitivity, I guess.

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2 Responses to Happiness

  1. DBW says:
    May 9, 2004 at 11:22 pm

    I was asked something similar recently, and replied, “Willful self-absorption.” I like ‘insensitivity’ better.

  2. red says:
    May 10, 2004 at 9:58 am

    Me too. Coming, as he was, from a place of tragedy – happiness seemed to him to be the ultimate insensitivity.

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