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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Dull
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no such thing as a life that is not normal, or, there's no such thing as a life that is not abnormal. We all have amazing lives; we all have very dull lives.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and there is a stillness there.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the Booker and you have a whole new job. You have to be the thing, right? So instead of writing the story, you somehow are the story. And that I found that sort of terrible.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you grow up in Ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is not exactly a choice. I still don't know if I am a writer. Believe me, there are days when I have my doubts.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people did not like it?), and I suspect we gave her a secret, second name as well, to keep her safe.
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- Nov 07, 2020