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> [My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/my-father-i-liked-but-it-was-only-after-his-death-that-i-got-to-know/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

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## More by Hugh Leonard

> [I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/i-m-a-much-nicer-person-since-my-wife-died-i-found-out-what-pain-is/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/we-were-married-for-almost-45-years-we-fought-all-the-time-it-wasn-t/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/i-don-t-think-anyone-is-the-perfect-one-to-play-me/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/it-s-a-natural-thing-for-people-to-say-you-know-who-s-in-this-book-i/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [Gossip is more popular than literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/gossip-is-more-popular-than-literature/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/there-is-only-one-immutable-law-in-life-in-a-gentleman-s-toilet/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/i-feel-like-the-writer-observing-the-grief-but-it-is-difficult-to-be/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [My grandmother made dying her life's work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/my-grandmother-made-dying-her-life-s-work/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/my-life-is-every-moment-of-my-life-it-is-not-a-culmination-of-the-past/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/my-father-i-liked-but-it-was-only-after-his-death-that-i-got-to-know/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [Sometimes silence resolves a conversation confused by Mad Misconstruction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/sometimes-silence-resolves-a-conversation-confused-by-mad/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/i-came-down-to-the-living-room-one-day-and-my-wife-was-standing-in/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [I've always believed in survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/i-ve-always-believed-in-survival/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/no-exercise-brings-into-play-all-the-muscles-of-the-body-in-a-more/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

> [I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/i-m-a-writer-and-what-i-do-is-write-i-wasn-t-able-to-do-anything-else/)

[Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/)

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