I was fired, and I’m looking for a little good news to tell your mother, because the woman has waited and the woman has suffered. The gist of it is that I haven’t got a story left in my head, Biff. So don’t give me a lecture about facts and aspects. I am not interested. Now what’ve you got to say to me?
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 1. An emotionally spent, fired-from-his-job Willy wants Biff to lie and put a positive spin on his disastrous meeting with Oliver earlier that day. Willy wants Biff to concoct a success story, so that Willy can give wife Linda some good news.