Quite simply, my writing life has been one of relish, challenge, excitement. Harold Pinter Read Quote
Many Americans, we know, are horrified by the posture of their government but seem to be helpless. Harold Pinter Read Quote
You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. Harold Pinter Read Quote
No one wanted me to be a conscientious objector. My parents certainly didn’t want it. My teacher and mentor, Joe Brearley, didn’t want it. My friends didn’t want it. I was alone. Harold Pinter Read Quote
It’s such a delicate business, the structure of film, isn’t it? What happens if a scene is not there but two minutes later? It’s an eternal, never-ending search, actually, which is very exciting. It really is. Harold Pinter Read Quote
I’ll tell you something, and this is true: I’ve never been able to write a film which I didn’t respect. I just can’t do it. I’m very happy about all the films I haven’t done. Harold Pinter Read Quote
The whole brunt of the media and the government is to encourage people to be highly competitive and totally selfish and uncaring of others. Harold Pinter Read Quote
I’m always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, ‘If there’s a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.’ Harold Pinter Read Quote
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. Harold Pinter Read Quote
A few friends and me used to go and watch Bunuel, Carne, Cocteau… Cocteau and Bunuel were surrealism. And I was very excited by that. ‘Un Chien Andalou’, especially. Harold Pinter Read Quote
