It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.
It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them.
My parents were sixty years married.
I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if I had a mohican.
Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.
Do be kind to yourself. Fill pages as quickly as possible; double space, or write on every second line. Regard every new page as a small triumph. Until you get to page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety - it's the job.