Thornton Wilder Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole.”

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

“For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?”

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

“Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.”

“The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.”

“I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.”

“I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.”