I Do Try To Live Every Day

In Ireland Every Place You Visit And Every Person You Meet Has A Story. And They Love To Tell You Their Stories. Everyone Is Interested In Everything; In A Land Of Storytellers, You Will Never Be Bored.

Because I Saw My Parents Relaxing In Armchairs And Reading And Liking It, I Thought It Was A Peaceful Grown-up Thing To Do, And I Still Think That.

All I Ever Wanted To Do Is To Write Stories That People Will Enjoy And Feel At Home With.

We Have To Make Our Own Happiness, And We Have To Make Our Own Decisions And Play The Hand That Is Dealt To Us.

My Mother Was A Trained Nurse, And She'd Tell Me That Patients Would Fight As They Were Administered Anaesthetic, Grappling To Get The Gas Mask Off Their Face.