I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer..

In life there exist two classes: first class and no class..

I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking..

It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting fo….

I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me..

An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is….

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play..

No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no othe….

Sometimes silence resolves a conversation confused by Mad Misconstruction..

My wife and I have enjoyed over forty years of wedded blitz..

I think with every writer there are two people there..

There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way..

A thing well done is worth doing..

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent..

Gossip is more popular than literature..

We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don'….

My grandmother made dying her life's work..

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them..

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else..

I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The….

Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed..