English - Dramatist | October 10, 1930 -
I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.
Harold Pinter
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There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.
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It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
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Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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Only by the sweat of my own brow. I am a totally working man.
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Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.
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The effect of depleted uranium, used by America in the Gulf War, is never referred to.
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I used to get up at five in the morning and play cricket.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
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Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?
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