Anglo-Irish "playwright, novelist".
"He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., "The Importance of Being Ernest," 1895."
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
"As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong in the whole course of my life. Of course they only say it behind my back."
