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.

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons.

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

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.