tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post112921783151415031..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1129235634147203522005-10-13T16:33:00.000-04:002005-10-13T16:33:00.000-04:00You want something even better? nobelprize.org pos...You want something even better? nobelprize.org posted a transcript of the phone conversation they had with Pinter early this morning. Here it is, in total (you can add the pauses and silences yourself):<BR/><BR/>Telephone interview with Harold Pinter after the announcement of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, October 13, 2005. Interviewer is Marika Griehsel, freelance journalist.<BR/><BR/>– Hello. Good morning.<BR/><BR/>– Good morning, good morning, Mr Pinter. Congratulations. I’m calling from the official website of the Nobel Foundation.<BR/><BR/>– Yes. Well, thank you very much.<BR/><BR/>– It’s fantastic news for us here; and I would like to hear what your thoughts were when you received the news.<BR/><BR/>– Well, I’ve ... I’ve been absolutely speechless. I am ... I’m overwhelmed by the news, very deeply moved by the news. But I can’t really articulate what I feel.<BR/><BR/>– You didn’t have any idea it could come your way, did you?<BR/><BR/>– No idea whatsoever! No. So I’m just bowled over.<BR/><BR/>– There’s so much to talk about. But I would like just to ask you what, in your career, you think has been the most important, what has the most ...<BR/><BR/>– I cannot answer ... I can’t answer these questions.<BR/><BR/>– No, I understand.<BR/><BR/>– There’s nothing more I can say, except that I am deeply moved; and, as I say, I have no words at the moment. I shall have words by the time I get to Stockholm.<BR/><BR/>– You will be coming to Stockholm?<BR/><BR/>– Oh, yes.<BR/><BR/>– Okay. Thank you, Sir.<BR/><BR/>– Okay?<BR/><BR/>– Thank you.<BR/><BR/>– Thank you very much.<BR/><BR/>– Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com