Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Niven Wilderwas an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the two plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth17 April 1897
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
writing men roles
How terrifying and glorious the role of man if, indeed, without guidance and without consolation he must create from his own vitals the meaning for his existence and write the rules whereby he lives.
race layers our-town
[Whenever] you get near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense.
adventure home wish
The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.
giving generosity patriotism
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.
moon weather potatoes
Look at that moon. Potato weather for sure.
self people drunk
[Dona Maria] saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments, hearing little of what was said to them, unmoved by the accidents that befell their closest friends, in dread of all appeals that might interrupt their long communion with their own desires.
love-life needs
you have to love life to have life, and you need to have life to love life
integrity liars two
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.
children winning want
Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what they want.
responsibility mind awareness
I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.
luxury world expensive
The future is the most expensive luxury in the world.
purpose providence conditions
A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
earth masterpiece
The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth.
earth wonderful our-town
Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.