Everything is in the way the material is composed.

If you do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something else.

Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary.

I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.

Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning.

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.