I do not believe in evil- I believe that we are human and fallible, that we things and spoil them in an ordinary way.

I am interested in levels of brain discourse. How articulate are the voices in your head? You know, there's a different voice for the phone, and a different voice if you're talking in bed. When you're starting off with a narrator, it's interesting to think, where is their voice coming from, what part of their brain?

Try to be accurate about stuff.

For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

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.

There are about as many ways to be dead as there are to be alive. People linger in different ways, both publicly and privately.