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Harold Pinter Quotes

Harold Pinter quotes

English Playwright, Writer, Poet October 10, 1930 – December 24, 2008

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Harold Pinter quote: "Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still..."
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
Harold Pinter quote: "Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living."
Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living. Harold Pinter
I think we communicate only too well, in our silence, in what is unsaid, and that what takes place is a continual evasion, desperate rearguard attempts to keep ourselves to ourselves. Communication is too alarming. To enter into someone else's life is too frightening. To disclose to others the poverty within us is too fearsome a possibility. Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter quote: "When you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with..."
When you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with the humorous realities, you know, tits, that kind of thing. Harold Pinter
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. Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter quote: "One's life has many compartments."
One's life has many compartments. Harold Pinter
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
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
Harold Pinter quote: "Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies..."
Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world. Harold Pinter
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
Harold Pinter quote: "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 work. Harold Pinter
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
Harold Pinter quote: "The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find..."
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. Harold Pinter
The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its true place. When true silence falls we are left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness. Harold Pinter
I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I wanted very much to burst through the screen with a flame thrower and burn their eyes out and their balls off and then inquire from them how they would assess the action from a political point of view. Harold Pinter

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