Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.
Frank DelaneyDo you know what the difference is between Friendship and Love? Friendship is the photograph, Love is the oil painting.
Frank DelaneyWe Irish prefer embroideries to plain cloth. To us Irish, memory is a canvas--stretched, primed, and ready for painting on. We love the "story" part of the word "history," and we love it trimmed out with color and drama, ribbons and bows. Listen to our tunes, observe a Celtic scroll: we always decorate our essence.
Frank DelaneyThere are some places you love with your heart, and there are some places that you love with your mind- the places that you love with both are called 'libraries'
Frank DelaneyThe one joy that has kept me going through life has been the fact that stories unite us. To see you as you listen to me now, as you have always listened to me, is to know this: what I can believe, you can believe. And the way we all see our story-not just as Irish people but as flesh and blood individuals and not the way people tell us to see it-that's what we own, no matter who we are and where we come from.
Frank Delaney