17 Quotes by Hugh Leonard
- 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. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were.
- The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.
- My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.
- My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.
- 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 and I'm waiting for that first question.
- I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.
- I've always believed in survival.
- I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer.
- I think with every writer there are two people there.
- I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.
- I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.
- 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 out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished.
- Gossip is more popular than literature.
- As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.
- Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.
- A thing well done is worth doing.
- I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.
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