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 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...

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good...

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good...

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who...

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who...

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...

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

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...

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved...

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved...

I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between...

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between...

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...

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World...

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World...

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...

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.

One's life has many compartments.

One's life has many compartments.

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...

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

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

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...