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
The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress
PROCTOR--he knows it is insane: No, it is not the same! What others say and what i sign to is not the same!
PROCTOR, his mind wild, breathless: I say--I say--God is dead!
They tried to escape technology, to stay away from that and still have relationships with their fellow humans. Very difficult.
The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal.
A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse.
Rise early. Write. Disappoint your sons. Read the newspaper. Go to bed early. Success.
Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.
The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone...
Charley: He won't starve. None a them starve. Forget about him. Willy: Then what have I got to remember?
I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.
More Weight -Giles Corey-
Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!
Don't take it on yourself. Forget now. Live.