I've always believed in survival.

I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished.

An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'.

In life there exist two classes: first class and no class.

I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer.

The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.