The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my books. That is how writing as a profession continues: readers becomes writers who inspire new readers.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

When you've lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.

Distance makes everything beautiful.

I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.

It's never too early for ice cream.

"What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?" she asked. "To believe that your children will be just like you."