Quotes of John Osborne - somelinesforyou

“ Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs." [Time Magazine, October 31, 1977] ”

- John Osborne

“ It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. ”

- John Osborne

“ What are we hoping to get out of it, what's it all in aid of — is it really just for the sake of a gloved hand waving at you from a golden coach? ”

- John Osborne

“ What are we hoping to get out of it, what's it all in aid of — is it really just for the sake of a gloved hand waving at you from a golden coach? ”

- John Osborne

“ Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. ”

- John Osborne

“ What are we hoping to get out of it, what's it all in aid of — is it really just for the sake of a gloved hand waving at you from a golden coach? ”

- John Osborne

“ The school teacher is certainly underpaid as a child minder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator. ”

- John Osborne

“ 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

“ What are we hoping to get out of it, what's it all in aid of — is it really just for the sake of a gloved hand waving at you from a golden coach? ”

- John Osborne

“ 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

“ In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. ”

- John Osborne

“ 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

“ The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say — or their beliefs — or sex. ”

- John Osborne

“ Never believe in mirrors or newspapers. ”

- John Osborne

“ Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. ”

- John Osborne

“ In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. ”

- John Osborne

“ They spend their time looking forward to the past. ”

- John Osborne

“ In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. ”

- John Osborne

“ In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. ”

- John Osborne

“ Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse. ”

- John Osborne

“ Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews. ”

- John Osborne

“ There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success. ”

- John Osborne

“ They spend their time looking forward to the past. ”

- John Osborne

“ They spend their time looking forward to the past. ”

- John Osborne

“ Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. ”

- John Osborne

“ It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man. ”

- John Osborne

“ Asking a working writer what he feels about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs. ”

- John Osborne

“ It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. ”

- John Osborne

“ They spend their time looking forward to the past. ”

- John Osborne

“ 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
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