“If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on ...” — Brendan Behan Quote

“If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.”

“I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.”

“Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.”

“In order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality common to us all. The sea, rains, necessity, desire, the struggle against death... these are things that unite us all.”

“If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.”

“If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong desire to prove there's something else.”