I'm very comfortable being gay. 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-lovewritingneeds Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years. John Osborne confidenceyearsthinking I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh. John Osborne bisexualmenworld It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly. John Osborne maycharactermen 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-muchdyingdeath 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 betrayalloveyears Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it. John Osborne positive-atheismatheismemotional In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. John Osborne scandallondontea Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. John Osborne censorshipselffear They spend their time looking forward to the past. John Osborne looking-forwardpast Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. John Osborne old-buildingsbuildingarchitecture 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 rocksatheismsimple Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. John Osborne dogwritingthinking A refined sort of butcher, a woman is. John Osborne refinedbutchers 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 playpeoplethinking Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive. John Osborne human-beingsalivehumans It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. John Osborne ultimate-questionsanswerseasy 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 underpaideducator 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 triumphmajorityhatred
