Pathos truly is the mode for the pessimist. But tragedy requires a nicer balance between what is possible and what is impossible. And it is curious, although edifying, that the plays we revere, century after century, are the tragedies. In them, and in them alone, lies the belief-optimistic, if you will, in the perfectibility of man.
Arthur MillerI'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime.
Arthur Miller