I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.

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.

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.

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.