It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.

People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

Nat Parson says it's the devil's mark." "Nat Parson's a gobshite." Maddy was torn between a natural feeling of sacrilege and a deep admiration of anyone who dared call a parson 'gobshite.

I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.