He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

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...

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 understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of...

I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of...

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to...

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to...

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....

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...

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

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...

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.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater...

The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater...

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...

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 number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer...

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer...

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent...

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent...

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to...

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to...