Brendan Behan
Full Name: Brendan Francis Behan
Birthdate: February 9, 1923
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death: March 20, 1964
Occupation: Author, Playwright, and Poet
Profile: Best known for
The Hostage.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Behan
Number of Quotes: 4
Fame is failure disguised as money.
I only drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.
I was ... court-martialled in my absence, sentenced to death in my absence. So I said, right, you can shoot me in my absence.
There's no bad publicity except an obituary.