Harold Pinter

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#league #most #press #quo #status

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#called #collateral #damage #destruction #happens

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#beckett #had #i #light #much

I also found being called Sir rather silly. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#being #called #found #i #rather

I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#bit #cancer #come #could #even

I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#court #criminal #desired #i #i believe

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

#boy #go #go away #good #i

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

#about #afford #earth #five #forget

I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#because #dead #i #ought #over

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#cover #looking #nakedness #say #speech