Arthur Miller

Playwright

1915-10-17 – 2005-02-10

American playwright and essayist whose works explored morality, responsibility, and social pressure in modern life. He wrote major dramas including Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, both central to 20th-century theater. His work received major literary and theatrical honors, including the Pulitzer Prize.

Quotes by Arthur Miller

I don't know what the hell I'm workin' for. Sometimes I sit in my apartment–all alone. And I think of the rent I'm paying. And it's crazy. But then, it's what I always wanted. My own apartment, a car, and plenty of women. And still, goddammit, I'm lonely.
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HALE, with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit
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What victory would the Devil have to win a soul already bad? It is the best the Devil wants, and who is better than the minister. - Rev. John Hale
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When it is recalled that until the Christian era the underworld was never regardded as a hostile area, that all gods were useful and essentially friendly to man despite occasional lapsesl when we see the steady methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man's worthlesseness - until redeemed - the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon, a weapon designed and used time and time again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church state.
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The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.
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cleave not to faith when faith brings blood. - Rev. John Hale
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It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves
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Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.
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HALE, with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit
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Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.
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What victory would the Devil have to win a soul already bad? It is the best the Devil wants, and who is better than the minister. - Rev. John Hale
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When it is recalled that until the Christian era the underworld was never regardded as a hostile area, that all gods were useful and essentially friendly to man despite occasional lapsesl when we see the steady methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man's worthlesseness - until redeemed - the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon, a weapon designed and used time and time again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church state.
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cleave not to faith when faith brings blood. - Rev. John Hale
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The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.
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It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves
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I don't know what the hell I'm workin' for. Sometimes I sit in my apartment–all alone. And I think of the rent I'm paying. And it's crazy. But then, it's what I always wanted. My own apartment, a car, and plenty of women. And still, goddammit, I'm lonely.
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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?
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You specialize in something until one day you find it is specializing in you.
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I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult.
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Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that way.
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