Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.
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 rubbish.
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.
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.