Brendan Behan

"There is no wheel within a wheel in Dublin."

"He's more of a man than you are, and I'll fight any of his fights."

"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer."

"Do I have to provide the electricity?"

"I'm told by the girls that I'm a beautiful writer."

"The Bible was a compulsory purchase for a Jewish boy to make at my bar mitzvah."

"Laughter is the best medicine, unless you're laughing at the wrong time."

"I think all those people should be shot."

"An author's first duty is to let down his country."

"I have never understood this liking for war. It pains the peace."

"Every move he made was a calculated step towards his own destruction."

"To put it another way, I am a writer."

"I'd commit suicide only if I knew it would be well advertised."

"The pale, narrow ghosts they saw were themselves."

"I respect anyone who can stand up and be counted."

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names."

"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the youth of today."

"Any girl can be glamorous, all you have to do is stand still and look stupid."

"The two greatest evils in society are organized religion and organized crime."

"I have a good many library books."

"He's a decent sort of fellow, as Anglo-Saxons go."

"Nothing is ever quite as bad as you think it's going to be."

"A writer writes because he must."

"I would like to thank the British government for letting me out."

"I'm not one of those people who thinks you can't help liking people."

"I never vote. I believe it only encourages them."

"They never hang you when you're alone in a cave."

"A jury is made up of people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty."

"I can say this with some authority, having been there."

"The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business."