I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death.

An author's first duty is to let down his country.

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

I am a daylight atheist.

Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.