- [on "the Greatest Gift", the short story that inspired It's a Wonderful Life (1946)] The idea came to me complete from start to finish--a most unusual occurrence, as any writer will tell, for ordinarily a story has to be struggled with, changed around and mixed up.
- [on "The Greatest Gift"] I had become fond of the story that nobody wanted.
- [on "the Greatest Gift"] It is a universal story for all people in all times.
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