The old Victorian laws against homosexuality were still on the statute books until the early 1990s. As a gay man living in Ireland, I and people like me found it easy to feel less than citizens.
Colm ToibinWriter's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace.
Colm ToibinAll writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.
Colm Toibin