Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonardwas an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essays, two autobiographies, three novels and numerous screenplays and teleplays, as well as writing a regular newspaper column...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth9 November 1926
CountryIreland
book people waiting
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.
sarcastic country genius
The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.
mother father stubborn
My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.
hilarious law gentleman
There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way.
sin said
As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.
life two class
In life there exist two classes: first class and no class.
grandmother dying made
My grandmother made dying her life's work.
weather hurricanes news
An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'.
confused mad silence
Sometimes silence resolves a conversation confused by Mad Misconstruction.
years wife blitz
My wife and I have enjoyed over forty years of wedded blitz.
gossip literature
Gossip is more popular than literature.
sports determination wrestling
No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no other exercise more valuable in the cultivation of faculties which will help him to success in agility, strength, determination, coolness, and quick exercise of judgement.
people arrogant idiot
I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of.
done well-done wells
A thing well done is worth doing.