Years ago a person, he was unhappy, didn't know what to do with himself, he'd go to church, start a revolution—something. Today you're unhappy? Can't figure it out? What is the salvation? Go shopping.

About Arthur Miller

Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist in 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). He wrote several screenplays, including...

More quotations from Arthur Miller

The need of man to wholly realize himself is the only fixed star.

—Arthur Miller

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

—Arthur Miller

Figure it out. Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there's no one to live in it.

—Arthur Miller

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Years ago a person, he was unhappy, didn't know what to do with himself, he'd go to church, start a revolution — something. Today you're unhappy? Can't figure it out? What is the salvation? Go shopping.