There's So Much Absurdity. Poverty Is So

Happiness Is Hard To Recall. Its Just A Glow.

First Of All There Is Always That Artistic Challenge Of Creating Something. Or The Particular Experience To Take Slum Life In That Period And Make Something Out Of It In The Form Of A Book. And Then I Felt Some Kind Of Responsibility To My Family.

You Feel A Sense Of Urgency, Especially At My Advanced Age, When You're Staring Into The Grave.

There's Nothing Sillier In The World Than A Teacher Telling You Don't Do It After You Already Did It.

When I Look Back On My Childhood I Wonder How I Survived At All. It Was, Of Course, A Miserable Childhood: The Happy Childhood Is Hardly Worth Your While. Worse Than The Ordinary Miserable Childhood Is The Miserable Irish Childhood, And Worse Yet Is The Miserable Irish Catholic Childhood.