If I see an ending, I can work backward.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

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...

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...

I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match.

I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match.

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...

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...

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

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

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.

It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.

She thought of a sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out...

She thought of a sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out...

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are...

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are...

If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because...

If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because...