The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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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!

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...

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer...

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer...

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 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...

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...

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

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'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

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

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

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...

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

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...

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...

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.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

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...

The person who gives you unexplained happiness will always be the reason for your unexplained...

The person who gives you unexplained happiness will always be the reason for your unexplained...

You are the reason why I became stronger, but still, you are my weakness.

You are the reason why I became stronger, but still, you are my weakness.

I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia.

I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia.