I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

Quote by Harold Pinter

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I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years...

The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years...

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing...

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing...

The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it...

The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it...

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

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

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

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

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as...

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as...

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

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

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was...

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was...

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had...

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had...

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found...

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found...

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

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

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for...

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for...

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a...

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a...

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of...

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of...

It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.

It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.

The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and...

The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and...

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.