Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“If you can fall in love again and again, if you can forgive your parents for the crime of bringing you into the world,… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“I know what's wrong with me - I could never stand still for death! Which you've got to do by a certain age, or… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“(Looking at the letter in his hand) Then what is this if it isn’t telling me? Sure, [Larry] was my son. But I think… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
The American Dream is the largely unacknowledged screen in front of which all American writing plays itself out. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“When it is recalled that until the Christian era the underworld was never regardded as a hostile area, that all gods were useful and… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
![“(Looking at the letter in his hand) Then what is this if it isn’t telling me? Sure, [Larry] was my son. But I think to him [the pilots killed] were all my sons. And I guess they were, I guess they were” quote by Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e8/arthur-miller-947_killed_looking-at-the-letter-in-his-hand-then-w_55336.jpg)
