“Jimmy: One day, when I'm no longer spending my days running a sweet-stall, I may write a book about us all. It's all here. (slapping his forehead) Written in flames a mile high. And it won't be recollected in tranquillity… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
“Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive.” — John Osborne Copy Share Image
Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years. — John Osborne Copy Share Image
It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly. — John Osborne Copy Share Image
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… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I suppose people of our generation aren't able to die for good causes any longer. We had all that done for us, in the… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong. — John Osborne Copy Share Image
Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
