More of Brendan Behan, one of Ireland's finest voices

Behan's classic work bout his early imprisonment  (I own a copy).

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

I am a drinker with writing problems.

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

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

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.

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.