I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.

It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.

If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.

When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else.

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.

The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads.