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

Quote by Thornton Wilder

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It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

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

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

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of...

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of...

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the...

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the...

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

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.

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent...

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent...

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim...

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim...

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...

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

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.

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and...

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and...

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.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

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.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.