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

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

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

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….

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

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

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

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

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….

My grandmother made dying her life's work..

A thing well done is worth doing..

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

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….

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

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

Sometimes silence resolves a conversation confused by Mad Misconstruction..

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

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'….

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..