Arthur Miller

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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

— Arthur Miller

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I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play-but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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If I see an ending, I can work backward. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not? ↗

— Arthur Miller

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Man must shape his tools lest they shape him. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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