To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite and sentimental. It would also be true.
My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.
When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else.
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
The Irish are the niggers of Europe, lads.
When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea.