Thornton Wilder Quote

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.


Writers at Work interview (1958)


A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.