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

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

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment...

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

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...

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

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...

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.

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...

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

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...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

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

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...