I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them.

Some people--Samad for example--will tell you not to trust people who overuse the phrase "at the end of the day"--football managers, estate agents, salesmen of all kinds--but Archie's never felt that way about it. Prudent use of said phrase never failed to convince him that his interlocutor was getting to the bottom of things, to the fundamentals.

Don't live in a way that makes you feel dead.

It's gotten to a point where everybody is concerned about their rights and nobody is concerned about their duties.

Art is the Western myth, with which we both console ourselves and make ourselves.

The golden age of Luncheon Vouchers ended ten yearsago. For ten years Mickey had been saying, "The goldenage of Luncheon Vouchers is over." And that's what Archieloved about O'Connell's. Everything was remembered,nothing was lost. History was never revised orreinterpreted, adapted or whitewashed. It was as solid andas simple as the encrusted egg on the clock.