He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world.

Quote by Arthur Miller

Topics: Fathers Quotes, Living Quotes

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab...

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab...

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...

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and...

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and...

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...

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I...

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find...

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find...

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...

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...

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country...

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country...

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

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...

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...

Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.

Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.