Jack had a unique way of responding to critiques that were, in his opinion, unfair or even untrue. Miller said that whenever somebody criticized him unfairly or painted a negative caricature of him, he would turn to the person and say, “You don’t know the half of it.” Being aware of the darkness of his own heart enabled him to regard an unfair criticism as charitable compared to the true things about him, of which his critics were unaware. Miller became known for saying, “I am much worse than I think I am, and so are you.”
