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Harold Pinter Quotes: "There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened."

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage."

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




Harold Pinter Quotes: "The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember."

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time."

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.




Harold Pinter Quotes: "Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living."

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays."

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate."

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 Quotes: "Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?"

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement."

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression."

The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?"

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I don't write with any audience in mind. I just write. I take a chance on the audience. That's what I did originally, and I think it's worked--in the sense that I find there is an audience."

I don't write with any audience in mind. I just write. I take a chance on the audience. That's what I did originally, and I think it's worked--in the sense that I find there is an audience.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost."

Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns."

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law."

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them."

The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz."

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I know little of women. But I've heard dread tales."

I know little of women. But I've heard dread tales.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Be careful how you talk about God. He's the only God we have. If you let him go he won't come back. He won't even look back over his shoulder. And then what will you do?"

Be careful how you talk about God. He's the only God we have. If you let him go he won't come back. He won't even look back over his shoulder. And then what will you do?



Harold Pinter Quotes: "How can the unknown merit reverence?"

How can the unknown merit reverence?



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you."

I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people."

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world."

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "One's life has many compartments."

One's life has many compartments.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I can't really articulate what I feel."

I can't really articulate what I feel.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known."

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years."

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I think that NATO is itself a war criminal."

I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America."

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "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.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "The weasel under the cocktail cabinet."

The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness."

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "There are places in my heart...where no living soul...has...or can ever...trespass."

There are places in my heart...where no living soul...has...or can ever...trespass.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it."

I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons."

I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I thought the plays would speak for themselves. But they didn't."

I thought the plays would speak for themselves. But they didn't.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs."

I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I no longer feel banished from myself."

I no longer feel banished from myself.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks."

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



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

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "It’s very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror."

It’s very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I also found being called Sir rather silly."

I also found being called Sir rather silly.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since."

Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since.



Harold Pinter Quotes: "I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place."

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



Harold Pinter Quotes: "Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated."

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