Miller didnt write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. Thats the measure of its merit. – Elia Kazan
There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors… and that is their competitive sense. – Elia Kazan
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. – Elia Kazan
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. – Elia Kazan
Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror. – David Herbert Lawrence