I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they're treading water — that if they vanished in smoke, it wouldn't mean anything at all in this world. And that's a despairing and destructive feeling. It'll kill you.

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.

I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman, and you are Biff Loman!