I Do Not Believe In Evil- I

In More Static Societies, Like Ireland, You Can Tell Where A Person Is From By Their Surname, Or Where Their Grandparents Are From.

I Became A Full-time Writer In 1993 And Have Been Very Happy, Insofar As Anybody Is, Since.

I Work At The Sentences. Many Of The Things People Find Distinctive About My Writing, I Think Of As Natural.

If You Try To Control It Too Much, The Book Is Dead. You Have To Let It Fall Apart Quite Early On And Let It Start Doing Its Own Thing. And That Takes Nerve, Not To Panic That The Book You Were Going To Write Is Not The Book You Will Have At The End Of The Day.

When You Find Yourself Alone, Or In A Transition, You Dream More. These Are Also The Times When You Read Books.