6 Quotes by J.P. Donleavy

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Writing is turning life's worst moments into money.

She thought too that women didn't know what to do with themselves these days which could turn them into harridans. Hardly a female friend she knew wasn't miserable. Either mind dumb with children, or in the married condition married to an earnest toiler, or lonely unmarried in their successful career.

Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady.

See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands.

O summer and soft wind. Relieves the heart and makes living cheaper.