The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.

I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.

Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.

When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.