Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. Use this quote
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
