I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.