I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes.

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.

Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes.