Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. — John Osborne Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs — 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
Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
“Alison: I don't think I want anything more to do with love. Any more. I can't take it on. Cliff: You're too young to… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
You see I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry - angry and helpless. And I can never forget it.… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
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