I'm a drinker with a writing problem.

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

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 have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues.

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.

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

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.

The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.

Don't you think a dream would feel shy if it were seen walking about in the waking world?

I taught I had to be good to walk with God. And God said, “My grace is what you need to walk with me, than you will be good.

Don't regret your despondency in the shadows of evil, for the good light never did anything to erase your misery.

To still your mind, first still your tongue.

I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul.

I love smoking. I miss it every day of my life. If I found out that it didn't cause cancer, I would go out and buy, like, eight cartons right now.

He who goes round about in his requests wants commonly more than he chooses to appear to want.

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony

The World is Large - Its beauty indescrible.