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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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...

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 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...

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....

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...

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to...

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

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...

There is nothing more gorgeous than being in a room with a play or watching...

There is nothing more gorgeous than being in a room with a play or watching...

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play...

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play...