“ Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.", October 31, 1977] John Osborne
“ The school teacher is certainly underpaid as a child minder but ludicrously overpaid as an educator. John Osborne
“ 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. Som… John Osborne
“ Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage. John Osborne
“ Jimmy: One day, when I'm no longer spending my days running a sweet-stall, I may write a book about us all. It's all here. (slapping his forehead) Written in flames a mile high. And it won't be recoll… John Osborne