I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? -Harold Pinter Movingon
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 Relationship
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 Courage
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 Government
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 Birthday
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 Intelligence
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 Smile
I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right. -Harold Pinter Intelligence
No one wanted me to be a conscientious objector. My parents certainly didn't want it. My teacher and mentor, Joe Brearley, didn't want it. My friends didn't want it. I was alone. -Harold Pinter Teacher
Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world. -Harold Pinter Attitude
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 Courage
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 Birthday
No one wanted me to be a conscientious objector. My parents certainly didn't want it. My teacher and mentor, Joe Brearley, didn't want it. My friends didn't want it. I was alone. -Harold Pinter Alone
