A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from.

— Arthur Miller

A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself.

— Arthur Miller

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

— Arthur Miller

An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted.

— Arthur Miller

A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.

— Arthur Miller

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

— Arthur Miller

Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume.

— Arthur Miller

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.

— Arthur Miller

Cleave not to faith when faith brings blood." - Rev. John Hale

— Arthur Miller

Do I raise the dead when I put him behind bars? Then what'll I do it for? We used to shoot a man who acted like a dog, but honor was real there, you were protecting something. But here? This is the land of the great big dogs, you don't love a man here, you eat him!

— Arthur Miller