Wilder, Thornton: If you write to impress, it will always be bad, but if you write to express, it will be good. (Thornton Wilder: U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975) Categories: WRITING

Wilder, Thornton: Many plays, certainly mine, are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. (Thornton Wilder: U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975) Categories: DRAMA, PLAYWRITING

Wilder, Thornton: Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. (Thornton Wilder: U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975) Categories: PETS, LOVE

Wilder, Thornton: Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise. (Thornton Wilder: U.S. novelist and playwright who won three Pulitzer Prizes, 1897-1975) Categories: POSSIBILITY, UNKNOWABLES