“A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse.”

“Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away.But if you can't walk away?I guess that's when it's tough.”

“He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.”

“I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through the door.”

“They tried to escape technology, to stay away from that and still have relationships with their fellow humans. Very difficult.”

“I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person.”

“You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.”