Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in.
Thornton WilderPeople were always asking for good sound proofs; doubt springs eternal in the human breast, even in countries where the Inquisition can read your very thoughts in your eyes.
Thornton Wildertrue influence over another comes not from a moments eloquence nor from any happily chosen word, but from the accumulation of a lifetime's thoughts stored up in the eyes...the secret smile in the eyes of a friend
Thornton WilderThe stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words.
Thornton Wilder