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My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.

From Gene Wilder

Lots of things are hard work, but I think writing, for me, after I started acting at 13 years old. I like writing now much more than I do acting only because, well, partly because the scripts that are offered are junk.

From Gene Wilder

I'm stopped by mothers who say, 'Mr. Wilder, what advice would you give to my young boy? He's really talented.'

From Gene Wilder

I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

From Gene Wilder

My wife and I water color, paint water colors.

From Gene Wilder

Sidney Poitier was directing a film called 'Hanky Panky.' And he said, 'Do you want to come with me to New York to see Gilda Radner in 'Lunch Hour' on Broadway? I said, 'I don't need to see her, I love her. I've wanted to write something for her for a long time. So it's OK by me.'

From Gene Wilder

I had a daughter and lost her a long while ago. That's too sad a story to go into.

From Gene Wilder

If something comes along that's really good, and I think I would be good for it, I'd be happy to do it. But not too many came along. I mean, they came along for the first, I don't know, 15, 18 films, but I didn't do that many. But then I didn't want to do the kind of junk I was seeing.

From Gene Wilder

Mel Brooks is one of the few authentic geniuses working in comedy in America today.

From Gene Wilder

I worked two days in Texas and two days in Hollywood on 'Bonnie and Clyde,' and that was it. I had no idea how it was going to turn out. And when I saw it, I was so upset, or fascinated, or something, by the sight of myself on the screen that I could hardly pay attention to the rest of the movie.

From Gene Wilder

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