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Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.
Harold Pinter
Light
This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
Harold Pinter
Cancer
Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
Harold Pinter
Government
Press
All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.
Harold Pinter
Americans
Destruction
A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.
Harold Pinter
Work
I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.
Harold Pinter
Court
I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse.
Harold Pinter
Cancer
Pain
Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
Harold Pinter
Life
Living
Worth
Writing
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
Intelligence
Right
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
Government
It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
Harold Pinter
Work
Dissent
Propaganda
It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.
Harold Pinter
Being
Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.
Harold Pinter
Attitude
Iraq
Rest
Symbol
World
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
Court
Respect
I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.
Harold Pinter
War
London
World
World war