“I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.”
Harold Pinter“Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.”
Harold Pinter“I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.”
Harold Pinter“I wrote 'The Room', 'The Birthday Party', and 'The Dumb Waiter' in 1957, I was acting all the time in a repertory company, doing all kinds of jobs, traveling to Bournemouth and Torquay and Birmingham.”
Harold Pinter“My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.”
Harold Pinter“There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.”
Harold Pinter“All I'm saying is that there are many different kinds of political theatre and many plays I greatly admire: 'Antigone,' 'Mother Courage,' 'All My Sons.' But, if I tackle a political theme, I have to do it in my own way.”
Harold Pinter“I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.”
Harold Pinter“I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?”
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