John Osborne

The theater is the most perfect medium for the expression of the inexpressible.

Revolution in the head is worth two in the bush.

God, how I hate the smell of failure on a man.

Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% mortality rate.

I've never been able to understand why people are frightened of new ideas.

The British are a peculiar lot; they love their chains.

Art is the lie that tells the truth.

I am a man more sinned against than sinning.

Success is a public aphrodisiac.

The only thing worse than a bore is a clever bore.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know what it's like, but they can't do it.

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

Theater is the art of making the invisible visible.

I regret nothing, except perhaps not regretting enough.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.

Happiness is a warm puppy, but anger is a hot iron.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the typewriter is mightier than both.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets.

I have been a failure in everything except my work.