John Osborne — English Playwright born on December 12, 1929, died on December 24, 1994

John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre... (wikipedia)

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man.
There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.
It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.
Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. We've only got ourselves. Somehow, we've just got to make a go of it. We've only ourselves.
Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.