I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.

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 would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.

If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.