Ultimately, you can only ever write what you know. It's logically and philosophically impossible to write what you don't know.
Colum McCannI have the most charmed, most - I feel entirely blessed and lucky that I have the life that I have.
Colum McCannAbout 25 years ago, I took a bicycle across the United States. I soon found out that the greatest item of clothing was the trusty bandanna. There were dozens of uses for a bandanna - as a pot holder, a chain cleaner, a sun shield, a headband, a snot rag, a declaration of Kerouacian intent.
Colum McCann