Wilder

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“Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.”
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)

“Well, nobody’s perfect.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

“You want to know who killed Dietrichson? Hold tight to that cheap cigar of yours, Keyes. I killed Dietrichson. Me, Walter Neff. Insurance salesman. Thirty-five-years old. Unmarried. No visible scars. Till a while ago, that is. Yes, I killed him. Killed him for money, and for a woman. I didn’t get the money, and, I didn’t get the woman.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)