But Jesus, when you don’t have any money the problem is food. When you have money, it’s sex. When you have both it’s health, you worry about getting ruptured or something. If everything is simply jake then you’re frightened of death.
J. P. Donleavy Quotes
When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder would they all know it was me?
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| Birth: | 23rd April, 1926 |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwright |
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James Patrick Donleavy was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an American-born Irish novelist and playwright. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He has written several novels include: The Ginger Man, A Fairy Tale of New York, A Singular Man, Schultz, and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B. He has written several plays include: What They Did in Dublin, with The Ginger Man and The Plays of J. P. Donleavy.
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