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• Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.
• One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
• I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.
• My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the…
• A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.
• All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.
• I also found being called Sir rather silly.
• I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.
• I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I…
• I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood.…
• I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to…
• I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I…

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