“All I want
Is one break
Which is not
My neck.”
J. P. Donleavy book The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man (1955; New York: Delacorte Press, 1973) p. 319.
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Famous J. P. Donleavy Quotes
“Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.”
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S (New York: Delacorte Press, 1966) pp. 62-3.
“On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.”
The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners (New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1975) p. 278.
“I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.”
J. P. Donleavy book A Fairy Tale of New York
A Fairy Tale of New York (London: Eyre Methuen, 1973) p. 224.
“Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.”
Interviewed in Punch, March 22, 1978, p. 484.
“The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.”
"The Funeral of Denny Cordell" (1995), cited from An Author and his Image: The Collected Short Pieces (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1997) p. 178.
J. P. Donleavy book The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man (1955; New York: Delacorte Press, 1973) p. 45.
