Harold Pinter Quotes - Page 4

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• 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

  Writing, Independent, Boys

  "Pinter: I won't be silenced". Interview with Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2001.

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• 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

  Humorous, Reality, Kind

  Harold Pinter (2015). “Death etc.”, p.66, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• In Cuba I have always understood harsh treatment of dissenting voices as stemming from a "siege situation" imposed upon it from outside. And I believe that to a certain extent that is true.

  Harold Pinter

  Believe, Voice, Cuba

  "Caribbean Cold War". Red Pepper Magazine, May 1996.

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• 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

  Rooms, Stood Up

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

  Harold Pinter

  Country, Awards, Years

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• I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.

  Harold Pinter

  Believe, Criminals, Court

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• I've had my fill of these city guttersnipes--all that scavenging scum! They're the sort of people, who, if the gates of heaven opened to them, all they'd feel would be a draught.

  Harold Pinter

  Cities, People, Heaven

  Harold Pinter (1999). “The Dwarfs: And Nine Revue Sketches”, p.15, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

  Harold Pinter

  Literature, Court, International

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