I think he should get the death penalty, I truly do.

There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.

Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

I couldn't have predicted that a work like 'Death of a Salesman' would take on the proportions it has

The human wreckage in this case is extraordinary, ... It spans everything from acquittal to conviction to death when you really think about it.

[Just before his death, O'Donoghue attended a book party in Manhattan with Marilyn Miller. As luminaries and celebrities drifted by, O'Donoghue asked his friend,] Why didn't I get this? Why did it turn out this way? ... Because, Michael, you didn't want it. You kicked it in the teeth.