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I left school at sixteen - I was fed up and restless. The only thing that interested me at school was English language and literature, but I didn't have Latin, and so couldn't go on to university. So I went to a few drama schools, not studying seriously; I was mostly in love at the time and tied up with that.

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One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

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The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

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Only by the sweat of my own brow. I am a totally working man.

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Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.

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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.

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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.

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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

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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.

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It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: October 10th, 1930

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