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
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.
Be liked and you will never want.
If I have to be alone I want to be by myself.
Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.
Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!
Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world.
No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient.
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.