A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you don't stay.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum?...

What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum?...

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after...

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after...

If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of...

If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of...

He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son....

He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son....

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that...

Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

There is an open terror of the critics (in New York) and of losing fortunes...

There is an open terror of the critics (in New York) and of losing fortunes...

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to...

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an...

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an...

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the...

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the...

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each...

A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each...

It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems...

It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems...