A play visibly represents pure existing.

Quote by Thornton Wilder

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If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and...

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and...

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it...

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put...

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put...

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only...

For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only...

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest