John Osborne
John Osborne
John James Osbornewas an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth12 December 1929
held indeed widely
It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man.
finest god thank
Thank God we're normal, normal, normal, Thank God we're normal, Yes, this is our finest shower!
books last reviews seem
Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.
dog writing thinking
Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.
death dying too-much
We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.
old-buildings architecture building
Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.
filth serious british
There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth.
butchers refined
A refined sort of butcher, a woman is.
answers easy ultimate-questions
It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.
laughter grace sainthood
Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.
taste british
The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs.
waiting
There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.
betrayal love-is years
You see I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry - angry and helpless. And I can never forget it. I knew more about - love... betrayal... and death, when I was ten years old than you will probably ever know in your life.
educator underpaid
The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator.