I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play-but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without...

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without...

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

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....

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

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

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon...

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon...

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...

Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.

Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

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?...

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...

The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of...

The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of...

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares...

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares...