A biography for Arthur Millerhasn’t been written yet.
“A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.”
“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.”
“The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.”
“You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.”
“The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.”
“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'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.”
“Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author.”
“I am older than everyone I ever knew. All my dogs are dead. Half a dozen cats, parakeets... all gone.”
“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.”
“It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves”
“A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.”
“אולי כל מה שיש בכוחנו לעשות הוא לגמור עם חרטה טובה.”
“אתה מתמחה במשהו, עד שיום אחד אתה מגלה שהוא מתמחה בך.”
“אני חושב שלבסוף עלינו לקחת את חיינו בידינו.”
“אני חושב שזו שגיאה לחפש את האושר מחוץ לעצמך.”
“אני מלא חרדה בגלל מותה של האהבה.”
“אנשים רבים מדירים את רגליהם מן הכנסייה, מפני שאיש אינו מזכיר עוד את שמו של אלוהים.”
“האפשרות לנצח צריכה להיות חלק של הטרגדיה.”
“על הסוכן לחלום; זהו חלק של אזור המכירות שלו.”