Arthur Miller
Author of Death of a Salesman, Miller's works offered profound, quotable insights into the American Dream and moral dilemmas.
Quotes by Arthur Miller
The law is meant to be my servant and not my master.
One can't be of an enquiring and experimental nature, and not be a failure, I think.
The price of clinging to the past is the forfeiture of the future.
I never have to write a play, I never have to do anything.
Death is not the end; it's the beginning of a new life.
A man is not a bird, to fly away whenever he loses his temper or appetite.
The play is the thing that allows us to confront our own illusions.
I don't write plays to say 'Look at me, I'm clever.'
McCarthyism was the worst time in American history.
The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
To be a playwright is to be a liar.
I worked in a warehouse, and I was a shipping clerk.
The past is holy, or it tries to be.
Don't tell me what happened, tell me what you felt.
The American conscience died with the Kennedys.
I am a writer, and therefore I am a liar.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
The only thing that can save us is the truth.
Humor is the best medicine for the soul.
In the end, we are all salesmen.