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John Osborne quotes: Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.[Time Magazine, October 31, 1977] Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
[Time Magazine, October 31, 1977]
John Osborne quotes: Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it. Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.
John Osborne quotes: We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss. We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.
John Osborne quotes: It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man. It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man.
John Osborne quotes: Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews. Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.
John Osborne quotes: If you've no world of your own, it's rather pleasant to regret the passing of someone else's. If you've no world of your own, it's rather pleasant to regret the passing of someone else's.
John Osborne quotes: In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.
John Osborne quotes: Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years. Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.
John Osborne quotes: Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.
John Osborne quotes: It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly. It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.
John Osborne quotes: It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.
John Osborne quotes: Jimmy: I hope you won't make the mistake of thinking for one moment that I am a gentleman. Jimmy: I hope you won't make the mistake of thinking for one moment that I am a gentleman.
John Osborne quotes: Writers don't need love; all they require is money. Writers don't need love; all they require is money.
John Osborne quotes: Jimmy: The injustice of it is almost perfect! The wrong people going hungry, the wrong people being loved, the wrong people dying! Jimmy: The injustice of it is almost perfect! The wrong people going
hungry, the wrong people being loved, the wrong people dying!
John Osborne quotes: Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay
John Osborne quotes: The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator. The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator.
John Osborne quotes: They spend their time looking forward to the past. They spend their time looking forward to the past.
John Osborne quotes: There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success. There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.
John Osborne quotes: I must say it's pretty dreary living in the American Age - unless you're an American of course. Perhaps all our children will be Americans. I must say it's pretty dreary living in the American Age - unless you're an American of course. Perhaps all our children will be Americans.
John Osborne quotes: Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive. Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive.
John Osborne quotes: The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs. The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs.
John Osborne quotes: Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse. Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.
John Osborne quotes: Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage. Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage.
John Osborne quotes: To be as vehement as he is is to be almost non-committal. To be as vehement as he is is to be almost non-committal.
John Osborne quotes: That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it? That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?
John Osborne quotes: Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.
John Osborne quotes: I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh. I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.
John Osborne quotes: Marriage is rather a silly habit. Marriage is rather a silly habit.
John Osborne quotes: And even in the hatred of the majority, there's a kind of triumph because I know that, although they'd never admit it, they secretly respect me. And even in the hatred of the majority, there's a kind of triumph because I know that, although they'd never admit it, they secretly respect me.
John Osborne quotes: George Bernard Shaw writes like a Pakistani who has learned English when he was twelve years old in order to become an accountant. George Bernard Shaw writes like a Pakistani who has learned English when he was twelve years old in order to become an accountant.
John Osborne quotes: There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth. There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth.
John Osborne quotes: Asking a working writer what he feels about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. Asking a working writer what he feels about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.
John Osborne quotes: A refined sort of butcher, a woman is. A refined sort of butcher, a woman is.
John Osborne quotes: Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt. Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.
John Osborne quotes: I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong. I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

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