--- title: "1 Maelstrom Quotes By Harold Pinter" description: "1 Maelstrom quotes by Harold Pinter. Plus more from Harold Pinter and more Maelstrom sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/harold-pinter-3125_centre_one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-m_2996988.png" --- > [One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-maelstrom-of-it-all/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/harold-pinter-3125_centre_one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-m_2996988.png) ## More by Harold Pinter > [I also found being called Sir rather silly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/i-also-found-being-called-sir-rather-silly/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [I saw Len Hutton in his prime, Another time, another time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/i-saw-len-hutton-in-his-prime-another-time-another-time/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/nothing-is-more-sterile-or-lamentable-than-the-man-content-to-live/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [“ I know the place I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/i-know-the-place-i-know-the-place-it-is-true-everything-we-do/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [“DEELEY: Myself I was a student then, juggling with my future, wondering should I bejasus saddle myself with a slip of a girl not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/deeley-myself-i-was-a-student-then-juggling-with-my-future-wondering/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/i-ve-never-been-able-to-understand-what-they-mean-by-pinteresque-i-m/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [A character on stage who can present no convincing argument or information as to his past experience, his present behaviour or his aspirations, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/a-character-on-stage-who-can-present-no-convincing-argument-or/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I wanted very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/i-ll-tell-you-what-i-really-think-about-politicians-the-other-night-i/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [Be careful how you talk about God. He's the only God we have. If you let him go he won't come back. He won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/be-careful-how-you-talk-about-god-he-s-the-only-god-we-have-if-you/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/i-hate-brandy-it-stinks-of-modern-literature/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [“What sound was that? I turn away, into the shaking room. What was that sound that came in on the dark? What is this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/what-sound-was-that-i-turn-away-into-the-shaking-room-what-was-that/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/there-are-no-hard-distinctions-between-what-is-real-and-what-is/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [Truth in drama is forever elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive. The search is clearly what drives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/truth-in-drama-is-forever-elusive-you-never-quite-find-it-but-the/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/most-of-the-press-is-in-league-with-government-or-with-the-status-quo/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) > [Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/iraq-is-just-a-symbol-of-the-attitude-of-western-democracies-to-the/) [Harold Pinter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-pinter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maelstrom/harold-pinter/#itemlist", "name": "1 Maelstrom Quotes By Harold Pinter", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harold Pinter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-pinter/one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-maelstrom-of-it-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/harold-pinter-3125_centre_one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-m_2996988.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/harold-pinter-3125_centre_one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-m_2996988.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/harold-pinter-3125_centre_one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-m_2996988.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.” — Harold Pinter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maelstrom/harold-pinter/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maelstrom/harold-pinter/", "name": "Maelstrom Quotes by Harold Pinter", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/maelstrom/harold-pinter/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/harold-pinter-3125_centre_one-is-and-is-not-in-the-centre-of-the-m_2996988.png" }, "description": "1 Maelstrom quotes by Harold Pinter. 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