My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.
Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.
I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.
It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.
To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite and sentimental. It would also be true.
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.