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Play Quotes by Arthur Miller
- In his play depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the author illustrates profound psychological bullying. The ringleader of young girls suspected of unsavory conduct, frightens her…
- A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke.
- By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route…
- The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.
- The play is really a kind of nightmare. It ought to flow rapidly and effortlessly from one moment to another. In London, we had difficulty…
- . . . usually, the biggest problems of adapting plays into screenplays is that they stick too close to the play, and I think film…
- My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is carrying about with him what he thinks is an anxiety, or…
- I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theatre, or the play -…
- Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather…
- 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…
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- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. — Arthur Ashe
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just… — Margaret Atwood
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
- I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. — Paul Auster
- I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter… — Dan Aykroyd
- I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him. — Jensen Ackles
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan