A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse.

I still feel-kind of temporary about myself.

The mission of the theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.

The word "now" is like a bomb through the window, and it ticks.

Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!

One had the right to write because other people needed news of the inner world, and if they went too long without such news they would go mad with the chaos of their lives.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.