Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Millerwas a prolific American playwright, essayist, and prominent figure in twentieth-century American theatre. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucibleand A View from the Bridge. He also wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits. The drama Death of a Salesman is often numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century alongside Long Day's Journey into Night and A Streetcar...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth17 October 1915
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Pathos truly is the mode for the pessimist. But tragedy requires a nicer balance between what is possible and what is impossible. And it is curious, although edifying, that the plays we revere, century after century, are the tragedies. In them, and in them alone, lies the belief-optimistic, if you will, in the perfectibility of man.
I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.
Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!
The word 'now' is like a bomb thrown through the window, and it ticks
Marrying him was my mistake, not his. He couldn't give me the attention, warmth and affection I need. It's not in his nature. Arthur never credited me with much intelligence. He couldn't share his intellectual life with me. As bed partners, we were so-so.
I couldn't have predicted that a work like 'Death of a Salesman' would take on the proportions it has
Now we settle for half and I like it better.
Now we're eating pizza as opposed to steak.
We were eating out regularly, perhaps four to five nights a week. Now we're eating out twice.
You specialize in something until one day you find it is specializing in you.
The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer down. the right season for that play, the right historical moment, the right tonality.
He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world.
It looks like Gary Bauer is winning, but it also looks like there aren't enough of them to swing this in his direction,
When the guns roar, the arts die.