Hugh Leonard

“Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.”

“I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.”

“My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.”

“The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.”

“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 b...”

“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...”

“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.”