My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.
Harold PinterWhen you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with the humorous realities, you know, tits, that kind of thing.
Harold PinterI mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.
Harold PinterThe speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its true place. When true silence falls we are left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
Harold Pinter