Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

You are an over-excited little man, with a need for self-expression far beyond the scope of your natural gifts. This is not discreditable. Neither does it make you an artist.

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The Birthday Party' at the Victoria Rooms in Bristol. Just before it began, I realised that Harold Pinter was sitting in front of me.

Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations; for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal; for colonial pickings to buy cheap in and conquered markets to sell dear in. War is capitalism with the gloves off.

I don't write at the library, because I smoke when I work or would like the possibility of a smoke. Also, I need to be at my own desk.