My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.
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'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before.
It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.
I like naming characters.