Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money.
J. P. Donleavy
To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
J. P. Donleavy
When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.
J. P. Donleavy
I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
J. P. Donleavy