Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan
Brendan Francis Aidan Behanwas an Irish Republican, poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish writers and poets of all time. He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army. Born in Dublin into a staunchly republican family, he became a member of the IRA's youth organisation Fianna Éireann at the age of fourteen. However, there was also a...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth9 February 1923
CountryIreland
I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.
I am a drinker with writing problems.
The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.
The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.
They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues...
It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.
The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.
I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.
The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?
What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.
One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.