John Osborne Quotes & Sayings

“Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.”

“Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.”

“There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.”

“They spend their time looking forward to the past.”

“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. Somehow, we've just got to make a go of it. We've only ourselves.”

“It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.”

“In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.”

“Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.”

“Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.”

“I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.”