Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child.
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.
It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.
My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.
I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before.
When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea.