I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of ice on a hot day, but he wishes he were writing in stone.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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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...

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...

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...

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

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...

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...

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a...

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a...

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was...

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was...

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...

If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures...

If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures...