The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have...

I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have...

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after...

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after...

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

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...

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 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...

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...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country...

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...