Where did I get the nerve to think I could handle American teenagers? Ignorance. That's where I got the nerve.
Frank McCourtI'm not one of those James Joyce intellectuals who can stand back and look at the whole edifice... It was a slow process for me to just crawl out of it, like a snake leaving his skin behind.
Frank McCourtI just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book.
Frank McCourt