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.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.

Dreaming was only nice while it lasted.

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.

Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.