184 Quotes by Harold Pinter

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    One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not far behind in the league table. We never stopped, even under Robin Cook's supposedly ethical foreign policy.

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    All I'm saying is that there are many different kinds of political theatre and many plays I greatly admire: 'Antigone,' 'Mother Courage,' 'All My Sons.' But, if I tackle a political theme, I have to do it in my own way.

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    Only by the sweat of my own brow. I am a totally working man.

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    I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.

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    I am absolutely not saying that Milosevic might not be responsible for all sorts of atrocities, but I believe that what's been left out of public debate and the press is that there was a civil war going on there.

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    Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.

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    I don't idealise women. I enjoy them. I have been married to two of the most independent women it is possible to think of.

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    I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?

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