The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression.

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.

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.

I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

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.