All Hugh Leonard Quotes
- Gossip is more popular than literature. Gossip
- 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… Agility
- My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past. Culmination
- A thing well done is worth doing. Inspirational
- In life there exist two classes: first class and no class. Class
- My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play. Death
- I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me. Anyone
- I've always believed in survival. Always Believe
- I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else. Able
- I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking. Always Enjoyed
- I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant… Arrogant
- As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them. Inspirational
- I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it. Detached
- I think with every writer there are two people there. Every Writer
- I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer. Died
- My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father. Dominant
- The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent. Absolutely
- Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed. Actually Taking
- 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… All
- 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… Came
- 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… Along
- There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way. Gentleman
- 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 passion.… All