Elia Kazan

"The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal."

"I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement."

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

"I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity."

"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 wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed."