The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.
The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.
Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.