[Mr. Stoppard said yesterday the award was] wholly deserved and I'm completely thrilled. ... has blown fresh air into the musty attic of conventional English literature, by insisting that everything he does has a public and political dimension. |
An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity. |
Children always turn to the light. |
He's been both an example and an inspiration to us all. |
I couldn't be happier. This is a brilliant choice. |
In oratory the will must predominate. |
In the London production, Powell was represented much more, if you like, as a hero. I admire him as a man who understands what collateral damage is, who understands what a military operation is, and who knows what it's like to see people's lives destroyed by bombs. On the other hand, a number of people who saw the play in London, who were as they say, 'close,' did say, 'You've taken too benign a view of Powell.' And in this production in New York, I've toughened up the writing about Powell. I've come to believe that 'conflicted' would be a very polite word for his UN presentation. |
No one but a fool is always right. |
Not only has Harold Pinter written some of the outstanding plays of his time, he has also blown fresh air into the musty attic of conventional English literature, by insisting that everything he does has a public and political dimension, |
Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. |
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature. |
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. |
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. |
Smiles are the language of love. |
Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. |