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 never felt so much at home as I do in New York. I must be a devil.
Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.
There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.
A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
Pound notes are the best religion in the world.
Most horror movies are certainly that.
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
I am a daylight atheist.
You made one mistake. You married me.
There's no bad publicity except an obituary.
I think weddings are sadder than funerals, because they remind you of your own wedding. You can't be reminded of your own funeral because it hasn't happened. But weddings always make me cry.