Harold Pinter

The world is a very dangerous place, and it's getting more dangerous.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

The United States is a country that has never been invaded. It has never known what it is to be occupied. It has never known what it is to be bombed.

The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them.

I believe that art, if it is to be of any value, must be subversive.

Truth in drama is forever elusive. You never quite find it. The search for it is itself the point.

The more specific you are, the more universal you become.

I often start a play with a single image, a single line, a single idea, and then it grows.

The writer's job is to ask questions, not to provide answers.

I don't write about ideas. I write about people.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

I'm interested in the things that are hidden, the things that are not said.

The silence is as important as the words.

I'm not interested in making people comfortable. I'm interested in making them think.

The theatre is a dangerous place. It's a place where you can be exposed.

I don't believe in happy endings. I believe in truthful endings.

The writer's job is to bear witness.

I'm not interested in propaganda. I'm interested in truth.

The world is full of lies, and it's the artist's job to expose them.

I'm not interested in being popular. I'm interested in being honest.