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 a hope, or a preoccupation which is his alone and isolates him from mankind and in this respect at least the function of a play is to reveal him to himself so that he may touch others by virtue of the revelation of his mutuality with them. If only for this reason I regard the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone.

The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy.

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

A suicide kills two people, that's what it's for!

That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?

... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?

A doctor could make a million dollars if he could figure out a way to bring a boy into the world without a trigger finger.