Arthur Miller Quotes


Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!


Citations

Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. Viking Press, 1953, p. 143.

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Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
  • Born: October 17, 1915
  • Died: February 10, 2005
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Playwright

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955, revised 1956). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century.