Quotes By Harold Pinter

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

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.

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

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

I also found being called Sir rather silly.

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.

One's life has many compartments.

The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it stood up. I didn't have to change a word.

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.