457 Quotes by Arthur Miller

Now hell and heaven grapple on our backs and all our old pretense is ripped away. Aye, and God’s icy wind will blow.

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.

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.

It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves.

PROCTOR, his mind wild, breathless: I say – I say – God is dead!

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.

Playwriting is an oral art; it’s not an art of a writer expecting to be read but a writer expecting to be heard.

Don’t take it on yourself. Forget now. Live.

I’ve always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I’ve done is to waste my life.