The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.

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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...

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...

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of...

Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of...

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...

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...

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I...

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I...

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...

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...

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...

One's life has many compartments.

One's life has many compartments.

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 -...

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.

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what...

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what...

Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?