You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it.
It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.
When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else.
I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.
Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.
It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.