5 Quotes By Hugh Leonard


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.
Hugh Leonard on change

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.
Hugh Leonard on death

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.
Hugh Leonard on family

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.
Hugh Leonard on great

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.
Hugh Leonard on life