Harold Pinter

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

— Harold Pinter

#companion #country #honour #i #okay

The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#been #body talks #clinical #constant #crimes

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#imagine #past #pretend #remember #you

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

#find #gratified #i #really #room

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#lousy #rules #some

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#america #court #criminal #get #hundreds

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#bad #certainly #created #cricket #earth

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#cells #die #forgotten #how #i

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#detested #ever #known #most #most powerful

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

#arts #british #especially #force #gets