There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of t….

I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs..

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement..

I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it..

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 even look back over his shoulder. And th….

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law..

The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it stood up. I didn't have to change a word..

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right..

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time..

Do the structures of language and the structures of reality (by which I mean what actually happens) move along parallel lines? Does reality essential….

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks..

Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?.

Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost..

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of ….

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people..

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature..

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate..

How can the unknown merit reverence? In other words how can you revere that of which you are ignorant? At the same time, it would be ridiculous to pr….

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 send him my plays..

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work..