Thornton Wilder
American playwright and novelist
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Everybody should eavesdrop once in a while. There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.
—Thornton Wilder, American playwright and novelist, The Matchmaker, 1954
Posted on December 18, 1999 at 8:07 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.
—Thornton Wilder, American playwright and novelist, The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942
Posted on May 8, 1998 at 6:56 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
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.
—Thornton Wilder, American playwright and novelist, Writers at Work
Posted on April 2, 2003 at 9:16 AM
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