Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not -- a...

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Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thornton Wilder: A dramatist is...

Thornton Wilder: A dramatist is...

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any...

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Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thornton Wilder: A living is...

Thornton Wilder: A living is...

A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million...

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Thornton Wilder: I am convinced...

Thornton Wilder: I am convinced...

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to...

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Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love,...

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Thornton Wilder: I do borrow...

Thornton Wilder: I do borrow...

I do borrow from other writers, shamelessly! I can only say in my defense, like the woman brought before the judge on...

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Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners --your lecherous liars and your miserly...

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Thornton Wilder: Literature is the...

Thornton Wilder: Literature is the...

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Source: In Time, 12 Jan 53
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Thornton Wilder: One of the...

Thornton Wilder: One of the...

One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or...

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Thornton Wilder: A play visibly...

Thornton Wilder: A play visibly...

A play visibly represents pure existing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thornton Wilder: Man is not...

Thornton Wilder: Man is not...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth...

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Thornton Wilder: The theatre is...

Thornton Wilder: The theatre is...

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: Behold! These things are. Yet most dramatists employ it to say: This moral...

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Thornton Wilder: I was an...

Thornton Wilder: I was an...

I was an old man when I was 12; and now I am an old man, AND IT'S SPLENDID!

Source:...

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Thornton Wilder: It is only...

Thornton Wilder: It is only...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that...

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Thornton Wilder: My advice to...

Thornton Wilder: My advice to...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice-cream while it's on your plate, - that's my...

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Thornton Wilder: Enjoy your ice...

Thornton Wilder: Enjoy your ice...

Enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

Source: The...

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Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the...

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Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a...

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