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.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I can't really articulate what I feel.

It’s very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror.

Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.