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 WilderBut such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary.
Thornton WilderMany great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.
Thornton WilderIt is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.
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