The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing in the self-pity of adolescence and obsessive keyhole sexuality. The way out, as the poet…

Quote by Arthur Miller

Topics: Adolescence Quotes, Poets Quotes, Theater Quotes

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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?...

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...

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....

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

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

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

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

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

Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that...

Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best

Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best