My Father Was Very Outwardly Religious.

I Think Fiction Is A Very Serious Thing, That While It Is Fiction, It Is Also A Revelation Of Truth, Or Facts.

I Love The Description Of Gothic Churches Before The Printed Word, That They Were The Bibles Of The Poor.

I've Never Written Anything That Hasn't Been In My Mind For A Long Time - Seven Or Eight Years.

The Imagination Demands That Life Be Told Slant Because Of Its Need Of Distance.

Yes, But Also One Of The Problems For A Novelist In Ireland Is The Fact That There Are No Formal Manners. I Mean Some People Have Beautiful Manners But There's No Kind Of Agreed Form Of Manners.