- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ulysses could have done with a good editor. You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.
- Be Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if I had a mohican.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like naming characters.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.
- Desk
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.
- Nov 07, 2020