Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.

Quote by Arthur Miller

Topics: Writing Quotes

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...

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

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?...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

A notebook can be a clearing in the forest of your life, a place where...

A notebook can be a clearing in the forest of your life, a place where...