Writing is not my problem, it is my solution.

It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

Try to be accurate about stuff.

I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.

When you find yourself alone, or in a transition, you dream more. These are also the times when you read books.

I think it’s very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.