Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage. John Osborne More Quotes by John Osborne More Quotes From John Osborne Writers don't need love; all they require is money. John Osborne need-love writing needs Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years. John Osborne confidence years thinking I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh. John Osborne bisexual men world It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly. John Osborne may character men 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 too-much dying death You see I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry - angry and helpless. And I can never forget it. I knew more about - love... betrayal... and death, when I was ten years old than you will probably ever know in your life. John Osborne betrayal love years Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it. John Osborne positive-atheism atheism emotional In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. John Osborne scandal london tea Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. John Osborne censorship self fear They spend their time looking forward to the past. John Osborne looking-forward past Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. John Osborne old-buildings building architecture 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 striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. We've only got ourselves. Somehow, we've just got to make a go of it. We've only ourselves. John Osborne rocks atheism simple Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. John Osborne dog writing thinking A refined sort of butcher, a woman is. John Osborne refined butchers 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 play people thinking Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive. John Osborne human-beings alive humans It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. John Osborne ultimate-questions answers easy There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success. John Osborne waiting The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator. John Osborne underpaid educator 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 triumph majority hatred
