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Hugh Leonard

Born: November 9, 1926

Died: February 12, 2009

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Dramatist, writer

Biography: Hugh Leonard was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote more than 18 plays, two volumes of essays and two autobiographies, one novel and numerous screenplays and teleplays, as well as writing a regular newspaper column.

Hugh Leonard

“A thing well done is worth doing.”

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“Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.”

- Hugh Leonard

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“As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.”

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“Gossip is more popular than literature.”

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“I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished.”

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“I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.”

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“I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.”

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“I think with every writer there are two people there.”

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“I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of.”

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“I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer.”

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“I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.”

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“I've always believed in survival.”

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“I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.”

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“It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question.”

- Hugh Leonard

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