It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.

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

Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

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

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.

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.